A simple test of the Law of Initial Values
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Psychophysiology
- Vol. 30 (5) , 525-530
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1993.tb02076.x
Abstract
The conceptualization and testing of the Law of Initial Values remains a controversial issue. We critically review common procedures to test the Law, and a simple test of the Law is described and illustrated. The reduction of variance from the pretest to the posttest is crucial in this test.Keywords
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