Erroneous Interpretation of Difference Scores: Application to a Recent Example.

Humphreys, Lloyd G.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Erroneous Interpretation of Difference Scores: Application to a Recent Example.

Humphreys, Lloyd G.

Intelligence, v14 n2 p231-33 Apr-Jun 1990

The hypothesis that coping with novelty is a key aspect of intelligence is not supported by the data of Sternberg and Gastel. It is contended that these authors committed a common error by interpreting correlations involving difference scores without reference to the properties of the components of the difference. (SLD)

Descriptors: Coping, Correlation, Individual Differences, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Memory, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Problem Solving, Reaction Time, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Test Interpretation

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