K P Watts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3655024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K P Watts |
| GIVEN NAMES | K P |
| FAMILY NAME | Watts |
| SIGNATURE | WATTS K P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ah 2 and Ah 3
Tests AH 2 and AH 3 are group tests of reasoning with several features usually associated with individual tests of intelligence. In particular, they yield a three‐point profile in addition to their total or general score, and their range of relevance extends from 10‐year‐olds to intelligent young adults. They have a certain flexibility in that they can be administered with either a long or a short time‐limit, norms having been established on both…
The Performance of Public School Boys on a High Level Test of Reasoning
S ummary . 1,439 boys, members of four public schools, took Test AH6 AG. This is a high‐level test of reasoning whose total score can be broken down into a verbal (V) and a numerical‐plus‐diagrammatic (N + D) subscore. These three measures were compared with the boys’ GCE results at O‐level and A‐level. Significant correlations were obtained between the test and GCE, for most school subjects. A tendency was found for V to yield the best results i…
A Comparison of Ah6 Ag Scores and Gce Examinations Taken After an Interval of One Year
S ummary . GCE O‐ and A‐level examinations of boys from a public school were correlated with the AH6 AG test scores obtained a year earlier. The results suggest that the predictive value of AH6 for success in individual subjects is almost as high as when the examinations and testing were taken within a few weeks of each other. This is equally true for estimates of overall success in O‐ and A‐level examinations where highly significant correlation…
An Experiment on Multiple‐choice Versus Open‐ended Answering in a Vocabulary Test
S ummary . An experiment was conducted in which the results of multiple‐choice and open‐ended techniques were compared on a test of vocabulary (Test E of the Self‐judging Vocabulary Scale). The subjects were two groups, each consisting of fifty naval ratings, equated on intelligence test AH 4. Group M took the vocabulary test in its multiple‐choice form immediately followed by the same test in open‐ended form; for Group O, the order was reversed.…
The Brook Reaction Test of Interests
A test of interests is described which is open‐ended yet objectively scorable and which yields validatory evidence for 20 of the 22 relevant interests. There is some suggestion too that the test may be useful in estimating degree of stability and social adjustment. A number of experiments have been conducted, using as subjects university and other students, naval ratings, secretaries and graduates. The test appears to be suitable for such subject…
An Attempt to Measure Some Aspects of Temperament by Means of the Word-in-Context and Self-Judging Vocabulary Tests
Adaptation to Level of Difficulty in Judging the Familiarity of Words
S ummary . The effect of context‐difficulty on judging the degree of familiarity of obscure words was investigated. Three experiments are described in which the subjects were, respectively, students from two different universities and naval ratings. All three groups displayed unwitting adaptation to the level of difficulty of the context in which the words were presented. Thus subjects, who were required to judge the familiarity of forty selected…
An Experiment on the Effects of Mental Set in the Brook Reaction Test
S ummary . In the Brook Reaction test an attempt is made to assess the subject's interests. Words potentially denoting one of six selected interests were, in this experiment, presented consecutively to an experimental group, and in randomised order to a control group. Some degree of mental set was induced in the experimental subjects, reaching significance level in the case of one interest only
The Word-in-context
A description is given of a new test of verbal reasoning which is used in a small-scale experiment. The novelty of the test derives from its 'real life' material, its appraisal of induction as well as deduction and its provision for the objective scoring of different degrees of correctness. In addition to the subject's final solution to each problem, the test provides evidence of how this decision is reached.The experimental results suggest (a) t…
A Preliminary Study of the Self‐judging Vocabulary Scale
An account is given of a new type of vocabulary scale and its use in some preliminary investigations. The new features include a combination of multiple choice with creative answer technique, relevant self‐assessment by the subjects and a width of range which discriminates effectively among highly educated as well as less educated groups. The results suggest that the scale may provide useful criteria, in both verbal and personality fields
Preliminary Note on the Word-in-Context Test
Preliminary Note on the Self-Judging Vocabulary Scale
V.—A n E xperiment on P ractice , C oaching and D iscussion of E rrors in M ental T esting
S ummary .— An experiment was conducted in an attempt to reconcile the conflicting results reported on coaching and practice effects in mental testing. Parallel and identical (spatial) tests were administered weekly, to 13‐ and 14‐year‐old boys and girls, drawn from six schools. On the basis of first test score, every form was divided into five equated sub‐groups each of which subsequently received different treatment. Two sub‐groups took the sam…
The Word-in-context
A description is given of a new test of verbal reasoning which is used in a small-scale experiment. The novelty of the test derives from its 'real life' material, its appraisal of induction as well as deduction and its provision for the objective scoring of different degrees of correctness. In addition to the subject's final solution to each problem, the test provides evidence of how this decision is reached.The experimental results suggest (a) t…
V.—A n E xperiment on P ractice , C oaching and D iscussion of E rrors in M ental T esting
S ummary .— An experiment was conducted in an attempt to reconcile the conflicting results reported on coaching and practice effects in mental testing. Parallel and identical (spatial) tests were administered weekly, to 13‐ and 14‐year‐old boys and girls, drawn from six schools. On the basis of first test score, every form was divided into five equated sub‐groups each of which subsequently received different treatment. Two sub‐groups took the sam…
Preliminary Note on the Word-in-Context Test
Preliminary Note on the Self-Judging Vocabulary Scale
A Preliminary Study of the Self‐judging Vocabulary Scale
An account is given of a new type of vocabulary scale and its use in some preliminary investigations. The new features include a combination of multiple choice with creative answer technique, relevant self‐assessment by the subjects and a width of range which discriminates effectively among highly educated as well as less educated groups. The results suggest that the scale may provide useful criteria, in both verbal and personality fields
An Experiment on the Effects of Mental Set in the Brook Reaction Test
S ummary . In the Brook Reaction test an attempt is made to assess the subject's interests. Words potentially denoting one of six selected interests were, in this experiment, presented consecutively to an experimental group, and in randomised order to a control group. Some degree of mental set was induced in the experimental subjects, reaching significance level in the case of one interest only
The Word-in-context
A description is given of a new test of verbal reasoning which is used in a small-scale experiment. The novelty of the test derives from its 'real life' material, its appraisal of induction as well as deduction and its provision for the objective scoring of different degrees of correctness. In addition to the subject's final solution to each problem, the test provides evidence of how this decision is reached.The experimental results suggest (a) t…
Adaptation to Level of Difficulty in Judging the Familiarity of Words
S ummary . The effect of context‐difficulty on judging the degree of familiarity of obscure words was investigated. Three experiments are described in which the subjects were, respectively, students from two different universities and naval ratings. All three groups displayed unwitting adaptation to the level of difficulty of the context in which the words were presented. Thus subjects, who were required to judge the familiarity of forty selected…
An Attempt to Measure Some Aspects of Temperament by Means of the Word-in-Context and Self-Judging Vocabulary Tests
The Brook Reaction Test of Interests
A test of interests is described which is open‐ended yet objectively scorable and which yields validatory evidence for 20 of the 22 relevant interests. There is some suggestion too that the test may be useful in estimating degree of stability and social adjustment. A number of experiments have been conducted, using as subjects university and other students, naval ratings, secretaries and graduates. The test appears to be suitable for such subject…
An Experiment on Multiple‐choice Versus Open‐ended Answering in a Vocabulary Test
S ummary . An experiment was conducted in which the results of multiple‐choice and open‐ended techniques were compared on a test of vocabulary (Test E of the Self‐judging Vocabulary Scale). The subjects were two groups, each consisting of fifty naval ratings, equated on intelligence test AH 4. Group M took the vocabulary test in its multiple‐choice form immediately followed by the same test in open‐ended form; for Group O, the order was reversed.…
The Performance of Public School Boys on a High Level Test of Reasoning
S ummary . 1,439 boys, members of four public schools, took Test AH6 AG. This is a high‐level test of reasoning whose total score can be broken down into a verbal (V) and a numerical‐plus‐diagrammatic (N + D) subscore. These three measures were compared with the boys’ GCE results at O‐level and A‐level. Significant correlations were obtained between the test and GCE, for most school subjects. A tendency was found for V to yield the best results i…
A Comparison of Ah6 Ag Scores and Gce Examinations Taken After an Interval of One Year
S ummary . GCE O‐ and A‐level examinations of boys from a public school were correlated with the AH6 AG test scores obtained a year earlier. The results suggest that the predictive value of AH6 for success in individual subjects is almost as high as when the examinations and testing were taken within a few weeks of each other. This is equally true for estimates of overall success in O‐ and A‐level examinations where highly significant correlation…
Ah 2 and Ah 3
Tests AH 2 and AH 3 are group tests of reasoning with several features usually associated with individual tests of intelligence. In particular, they yield a three‐point profile in addition to their total or general score, and their range of relevance extends from 10‐year‐olds to intelligent young adults. They have a certain flexibility in that they can be administered with either a long or a short time‐limit, norms having been established on both…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Test (biology) (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Vocabulary (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · History (3 works) · Personality (3 works)