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A simple test of the Law of Initial Values
Author(s) -
GEENEN RINIE,
VIJVER FONS J. R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1993.tb02076.x
Subject(s) - conceptualization , psychology , test (biology) , simple (philosophy) , variance (accounting) , law , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science , political science , philosophy , paleontology , accounting , business , biology
The conceptualization and testing of the Law of Initial Values remains a controversial issue. We critically review common procedures to test the Law, and a simple test of the Law is described and illustrated. The reduction of variance from the pretest to the posttest is crucial in this test.