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Plucker, Jonathan A.; Qian, Meihua; Schmalensee, Stephanie L. – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
In recent years, the social sciences have seen a resurgence in the study of divergent thinking (DT) measures. However, many of these recent advances have focused on abstract, decontextualized DT tasks (e.g., list as many things as you can think of that have wheels). This study provides a new perspective by exploring the reliability and validity…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity Tests, Scoring Formulas, Evaluation Methods
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Runco, Mark A.; Acar, Selcuk – Creativity Research Journal, 2012
Divergent thinking (DT) tests are very often used in creativity studies. Certainly DT does not guarantee actual creative achievement, but tests of DT are reliable and reasonably valid predictors of certain performance criteria. The validity of DT is described as reasonable because validity is not an all-or-nothing attribute, but is, instead, a…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Test Validity