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Improved reliability estimates for the serial color‐word test
Author(s) -
Schubö Werner,
Hentschel Uwe
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1978.tb00307.x
Subject(s) - orthogonalization , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , psychology , word (group theory) , statistics , simple (philosophy) , reliability engineering , artificial intelligence , natural language processing , computer science , mathematics , algorithm , engineering , paleontology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , geometry , epistemology , quantum mechanics , biology
Starting from Lennart Sjöberg's serial scoring of the Color‐Word Test and his critical review of the test, the possibilities of attaining better reliability estimates are briefly surveyed. As a simple step, the orthogonalization of the regression model is suggested. Ways of maximizing the reliability estimate are demonstrated. On the basis of 261 subjects from five differing subsamples, clinical and control groups, the reliability estimates of the oblique system of the orthogonalized system and of the maximum reliability solutions are compared empirically. The significance of the results for test theoretic evaluation of the Color‐Word Test is discussed.