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Measuring accuracy is an intractable problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Gillian Cohen
Gillian Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom g.m.cohen@open.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The basic issue is the measurement of memory accuracy and how correspondence should be assessed. Problems of completeness and variations in the degree and type of inaccuracy make measurement intractably difficult. This difficulty places severe limitations on generalizing across tasks, domains, and individuals and, consequently, on theory construction.

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Type
Continuing Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 164
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press