Task difficulty prediction of figural analogies
Task difficulty prediction of figural analogies
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DOI:
10.1016/j.intell.2016.03.001
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发表时间:
2016-05-01
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3
通讯作者:
Forthmann, Boris
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作者:
Blum, Diego;Holling, Heinz;Forthmann, Boris
The purpose of this psychometric study is to explain performance on cognitive tasks pertaining Analogical Reasoning that were taken into consideration during the construction of a Test of Figural Analogies. For this purpose, a general Linear Logistic Test Model (LLTM) was mainly used for data analysis. A 30-itemed Test of Figural Analogies was administered to a sample of 422 students from Argentina, and eight of these items were administered along with a Matrices Test to 84 participants mostly from Germany. Women represented 77% and 76% of each respective sample. Indicators of validity and reliability show acceptable results. Item difficulties can be predicted by a set of nine Cognitive Operations to a satisfactory extent, as the Pearson correlation between the Rasch model and the LLTM item difficulty parameters r = .89, the mean prediction error is slightly different between the two models, and there is an overall effect of the number of combined rules on item difficulty (F-(3,F-23) = 15.16, p < .001) with an effect size eta(2) = .66 (large effect). Results suggest that almost all rotation rules are highly influential on item difficulty. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.