Analysis of the Relative Movement Test by a Method of Individual Interviews

Lucas, Charles M.

doi:10.1002/j.2333-8504.1953.tb00037.x

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“…If it is supposed, for example, that a test measures mathematical competence, and yet observation of students' errors shows that erroneous reading of the question is common, the implications of a low score are altered. Lucas in this way showed that the Navy Relative Movement Test, an aptitude test, actually involved two different abilities: spatial visualization and mathematical reasoning (39).…”

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confidence: 99%

Construct validity in psychological tests.

Cronbach¹,

Meehl²

1955

Psychological Bulletin

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Section: Validation Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Construct validity in psychological tests.

Cronbach¹,

Meehl²

1955

Psychological Bulletin

8,854

4,323

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“…Following the early identification of spatial factors, attempts to develop "pure factor" tests began. However, complex and nonuniform factor structures continued to characterize the spatial performance of even the relatively homogeneous groups of young men tested (Barratt, 1953;Koussy, 1935;Lucas, 1953;Michael, Zimmerman, & Guilford, 1950;Myers, 1958). Researchers began exploring solution strategies in order to account for the complexity of the observed factor structures (Barratt, 1953;Koussy, 1935).…”

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The contribution of solution strategy to spatial performance.

Schultz¹

1991

Canadian Journal of Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologi

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In a series of studies three solution strategies for spatial problems were identified: a mental rotation strategy, a perspective change strategy, and an analytic strategy. The test-retest reliability, validity, and general inability of a measure of these strategics was established. This measure, the Spatial Strategy Questionnaire, was then used to assess the role of solution strategy in the spatial performance of 243 undergraduates. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that solution strategy accounted for significant, unique, and nonrcdundant amounts of performance variation for both mental rotation and orientation tasks, at a level roughly equivalent to the variation accounted for by sex. This was so even when strategy entered the regression equation after the variability due to sex, handedness, familial handedncss, reasoning ability, and cognitive habits had been removed. RESUME Dans unc scric d'etudes, trois strategics de solution de problcmcs spatiaux sont identifiees: une strategic de rotation mentale, une strategic de changement dc perspective et une strategic analytique. La fiabilite test-retest, la validitc et la generalisation d'unc mesure dc ccs strategics a etc ctablic. Cettc mesure, le questionnaire de strategie spatiale, fut ensuite ulilisee pour evaluer le role de la slragegie de solution dans la performance spatiale de 243 etudiants de premier cycle. Les analyses de regression hierarchiques ont revele que la solution de strategie expliquait une variation de performance significative, unique ct non-rcdondantc pour les taches de rotation et d'orientation, et cc a un niveau a peu pres equivalent a la variation obscrvec avec Ic scxe. Ceci ctait aussi vrai aprcs 1'elimination dc la variance due au sexe, a la dominance manucllc, a la dominance manucllc familialc, a la capacitc dc raisonnement et aux habitudes cognitives.People differ in how well they perform spatial tasks. Men score higher than women on a wide range of spatial problems (Maccoby & Jacklin, 1974; Sanders, Soares, & D'Aquila, 1982), but both within and between sexes this difference is moderated in a complex and not yet clearly delineated fashion by variables which include handedness, familial handedness, reasoning ability, and cognitive habits (Burnett, Lane,

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Analysis of the Relative Movement Test by a Method of Individual Interviews

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Construct validity in psychological tests.

Construct validity in psychological tests.

The contribution of solution strategy to spatial performance.

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