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Accuracy and quantity are poor measures of recall and recognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Andrew R. Mayes
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom, a.mayes@sheffield.ac.uk
Rob van Eijk
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom, a.mayes@sheffield.ac.uk
Patricia L. Gooding
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom, a.mayes@sheffield.ac.uk

Abstract

The value of accuracy and quantity as memory measures is assessed. It is argued that (1) accuracy does not measure correspondence (monitoring) because it ignores omissions and correct rejections, (2) quantity is confounded with monitoring in recall, and (3) in recognition, if targets and foils are unequal, both measures, even together, still ignore correct rejections.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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