The verbal loop hypothesis: A statistical audit
- 1 December 1968
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 20 (3) , 233-235
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00049536808255763
Abstract
Kelley's formula for the correlation between averages shows that the method used in previous studies to test the verbal‐loop hypothesis is almost guaranteed to give an inflated correlation value. It is recommended that methods be used which eliminate the source of inflation.Keywords
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