The Development of a Test of Uniqueness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20287534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul L Dressel (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-54 |
| Publication date | 1957-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001316445701700102 |
| OpenAlex | W1983878500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
A common type of non-verbal item used in intelligence and aptitude tests required the selection of a figure which is in some manner different from all the figures associated with it. Illus-trative of such items is the following: Which of the five figures below is different from all the rest? The shaded figure is the &dquo;obvious&dquo; answer, but as Menger (i) has ably pointed out such items are ambiguous. Each figure has unique properties such as: The circle is the only figure not involving straight lines. The trapezoid is the only figure without an axis of sym-metry. This difficulty is not solely a result of the figures selected for the example. Unless the properties to be considered are clearly specified, each of a set of figures has one or more unique proper
Statistics · Test (biology) · Uniqueness · Geology · Mathematics · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1959 - 1961 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |