Rate of Addition as a Function of Difficulty and Age
- 1 June 1951
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 16 (2) , 219-232
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02289117
Abstract
Rate of addition was studied as a function of difficulty as measured by problem length. The hypothesis was tested that the rate of addition would decline as a function of the logarithm of the number of addition operations per problem. The test material required the rapid addition of single columns of digits ranging from two to twenty-five digits in length. Rate of uncorrected addition declined as a power function of problem length and the rate of correct addition declined as an exponential function of length. Results indicated that subjects who varied in age and mental status could be differentiated according to the parameters defining the curves of addition rate as a function of length.Keywords
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