Measuring recognition memory.
Recent years have seen an expanded interest in recognition memory tasks. This resurgence of interest has also renewed concerns with measurement problems. Comparing 4 models of recognition memory, Snodgrass and Corwin (1988) found that measures of bias from the distribution-free (nonparametric) model were inadequate. However, their analysis was based on bias measures that can be shown a priori to be nonindependent of discrimination. This article traces the history of the nonparametric model and develops a better measure of bias. The consequence of developing this better measure is that the nonparametric model deserves serious consideration.
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Psychology Department, University of New Bruswick, Fredericton, Canada.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011589:Psychology, Experimental