title: Group Embedded Figures Test: psychometric data documenting shifts from prior norms in field independence of accountants.
abstract: This study examined the performance of 516 practicing accountants on the Group Embedded Figures Test. The present accountants scored significantly more field-independent than the published test norms and the 124 accountants in Pincus's 1985 sample. Significant differences were also noted between traditional (entry immediately following collage at age 22) and delayed-entry (late entry or second career) accountants. Gender differences noted in the norms were not observed for the current sample.
authors.affiliation: School of Business and Economics, State University of New York at Plattsburgh 12901.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bernardi
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D003867:Depth Perception; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D012016:Reference Values