On the Evaluation of Models for the Word-Frequency Effect.

Nakatani, Lloyd H.

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ERIC Number: EJ077796

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Publication Date: 1973

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On the Evaluation of Models for the Word-Frequency Effect

Nakatani, Lloyd H.

Psychological Review, 80, 3, 195-202, May 73

This paper describes quantitative tests which show the sophisticated-guessing model to be better than the criterion bias model in its ability to predict the outcome of certain kinds of recognition experiments. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Error of Measurement, Evaluation, Models, Predictive Validity, Response Style (Tests), Tables (Data), Word Frequency, Word Recognition

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