The Factor of Speed

Freeman, Frank S.

doi:10.1080/00221309.1932.9711887

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“…This fact has been reported in other studies. 1 The correlations between power and level and between power and speed represent fairly high relationships. However, as pointed out before, these scores are bound to have a sizable correlation because of their common relations in the testing procedure.…”

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“…What relation do these results have to the practical testing procedures? Some of the questions to be answered are: (1) Is the present method of using the score in standard time the most valid single score obtainable (as compared to our other measures)? (2) Is speed a measure worth considering in testing?…”

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“…In both cases the subjects were instructed to work for both speed and accuracy. From the test three scores were made available and defined as follows: (1) The number of seconds to complete the entire seventy-five items (speed), (2) the number of items correct at the end of twenty minutes (power), (3) the number of items correct out of the seventy-five (level).…”

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“…The experimenter kept an account of the total time spent in completing the entire test. Three scores are obtainable from this procedure: (1) The number of items correct in limited time, (2) the number of items correct in unlimited time, and (3) the number of seconds required to attempt the entire test. The scores are redefined in a way that is more meaningful in terms of the data to be presented.…”

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An experimental analysis of the contributions of speed and level in an intelligence test.

Baxter¹

1941

Journal of Educational Psychology

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1941

Journal of Educational Psychology

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“…Jones et al ( 112) discuss the handicap of rural environment on the Stanford-Binet and some performance tests. Freeman (74,75) takes up the influence of speed and Snedden (196) the influence of practice. Smith (195) finds that severe illness during infancy retards later development.…”

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Intelligence tests.

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1933

Psychological Bulletin

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The role of speed in intelligence.

Beck¹

1933

Psychological Bulletin

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Thorndike (25,26) has advanced the suggestion that human abilities should be measured in three respects, (1) height or level of difficulty, (2) extent or range of different tasks, and (3) speed. The relative importance of these three factors is somewhat problematical, due in part to the divergent results and conclusions which are reported in the experimental literature. The purpose of the present paper is to collect and to summarize those results which appertain principally to the significance of speed.In 1928, McFarland (16) reviewed the experimental literature which pertained to the role of speed in mental ability. He noted the contradictory nature of the results, but concluded on the basis of experiments which employed the individual method of timing test items, viz., Peak and Boring (20), Clark (5), Hunsicker (12), and Gilbert (10), that there is "a vital relationship between rate and mental ability." In a later report (17) he stated that "ability to be quick is an essential part, if not one of the crucial factors in the mental reaction." However, other papers including publications subsequent to 1928 present results which cast some doubt upon these sweeping conclusions of McFarland.(a) SPEED IN MOTOR FUNCTIONS 1 Bagley (1) was one of the first to work in this field. From one hundred seventy-five pupils he obtained measures of reaction time and compared them with class standings. He concluded that " there seems to be little direct relation between mental ability as represented by reaction-times, and mental ability as represented by class standings."To a mixed group of fifty-one students at the University of Texas, Perrin (21) administered a series of seventeen motor tests which were chosen for the purpose of eliciting both complex and

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The Factor of Speed

Cited by 7 publications

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An experimental analysis of the contributions of speed and level in an intelligence test.

An experimental analysis of the contributions of speed and level in an intelligence test.

Intelligence tests.

The role of speed in intelligence.

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