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CH ilTER FO HK

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AND

RESUL.!§

Meth��J� in

the pre ent investigat i on i s re lated

to

t he aims

and

pur�osea o f the study, viz , t o exam� ne :

( i )

the nature of ac or�s iu fluen

c

y and f1 md b i 1 i t.v of t.J-tf nk ing

-

their

di. ntri but i on , mean , and r ange w it hin

a sampl of pup i l � of h i gh abi lity i>l sc ience ;

( ii )

the ro l :lt i onahip bet we�n f luency and

flc� x ibi l it y of t hink ing and mea sured .inttl l l i.gence ( t ot a l culture

samples) ;

( i i i )

th� re l&.t ion shil-) b3twee n

hieh

�nd low

scorers on spe c i f i o c ogn itive and person a l ity variab

l

es

( !t SD

snmp la s by c ountry

)

; and

( i v )

th� ra lat ion :�h ip between high .'And low

scorers for ob served anrl expected

t"requoncies

according

to

sex , c l asaroora,

74

\ihi le a general met hodologic a l p l an wa !l t!etermined

be fore stat i st i cal an a lysis was commen ced , there wa s progre ssive opportun ity

to

eva luate

re su lt s , and t o con r.;i der t he a.ppro:vriatenes a of e ach ste�1.

A l l comput a t i on s

were carried out on the Ma s sey

+ Univer sity IBM

1 6/20

"f ith st and e\rd prowamme s .

Stati st i c a l

met hodology

incorporated t he fol l owi nc

sequent ial procedure 8 t -

t . Det0rminAt ion of

mean� ,

stRn d ard

deviati ons

aT� d

rar.t:-e of s<�ore s for al l c:ovnitive variable s . 2 . P latting o f frequency

distribut i on

curve s

for

th<" examinat ion of normality of

di stribution .

3 . Tran s l at i on of a l l c ogn itive score s t o n orma lizf:'ld st.andard sc ores

( T- score s ) .

4 . Examination

of the h1fJ �en cc ot age 8 8 a

s�1i ficant vari ab l e

within a

country eam� le by use of tes

t

s of

8i.gnifioanoe of difference

hetwenn mean s

(

t-te sts

)

.

5 .

C orve lat iona l studie s bet.ween all nlf:: a sur e s

of

+

fluency and flexibi lity and measured

inte l l igence .

Compt.rt.er print-outs and proe;ramme s ll'lAY

be

obt a ined on request. .

General

formulae employed in the study appear

in

. ppendix

C • .\ppreoiation fo1� advice OGJ'lcerning st at i st i c a l pr ocedure s is ackn o'h"ledged

to

Nola Cordon ,

C omputer

Dept . , Massoy Unive rsity ;

Dr G .

Arvideon , Education Dept .,

Aucklan d

Univeraity ;

P rofe JS:;or Adc ock , � sychology Dei>t . , Victor ia Univor aity J

Dr If .

Beree.for d ,

Education De�t . Y.asaey Univeraity J

6 .

Centroid factor an alysi s , with orthogonal rotation s , of

( a )

cognit ive variables and

( b ) personality

Vc<lriable s involved

in

t he att itude scale , Te at. 4 Part

t .

7 . A�a J y �i s of high and l ow sc or er s

( � l SD )

on

specific cogn itive and 1Jersonal ity var i ab le s

(t-tests) .

8 . Use

of eh i -square and Fi sher ' s exact probabi l ity test s in the examination of

obe;;crved an d expected frequf'ncie s for

high

awl lo"' E1Corers

( cogn itive )

acc ordi!'lg t o nex , cla ssroom

contributi on s .�

teac her and peer

9 . Te ::rt-I•et(:� At r� l i abi l i ty tor,.ct her wi th

earlier

intersoorer re l iabi lity studio s .

Raw SCOl'� S WO r� (".:oded Aeparat.e ly by :

( a )

Count ry :

Englan d ,

u . s

. .

\ . and Ne\!: Zealand ,

and

( b )

Age : GroU�.l I = 1 3 . 4

-

1 3 . u

years ,

Grm\p

TI = ! 4 . 0

-

1 4 . 7 year s , 0rol \.t' III =

1 4.8

-

1 5 . 3 years , and

( c )

Test var iabl e s ( cof!Ditive )

t • Intel l i gence =

AH5

2 . Fluency 'fe �;t 1 = Fl 1

J .

Flexibi. lity Test 1 Ill

Fx

1

4 .

F luen cy

Test

'\

.

= Fl 2 A

6 .

Fluency Te st 2 B =

F l

2B

1 .

F

l

ex

ib

il i

ty

Test 2 B = Fx 2 B

8 .

Fluen cy Te st

3.\

= Fl 3 A 9 . F lexibi lity Te st J A = Fx J A

1 0 .

F l

uen

c

y

Te st JB

=

F l

3 B

1 1 .

Flexibi

lit

y Te st

JB

= Fx JB 1 2 . Fluen cy Te st 3 C =

F l

3C

1 3 .

F lex ibi lity

Te st JC = Fx J C 1 4 . Flue n cy Te st

3D

=

Fl 3D

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