Normalizing serial position analyses: the Proportional Accountability algorithm.
We compare the oft-cited Wing & Baddeley approach for normalizing serial position errors with an approach that we believe more accurately reflects the underlying process. We argue that the Wing & Baddeley approach inadequately normalizes the allocation of errors to each serial position, and that a number of seminal publications have inadvertently referred to biased results as a consequence.
Machtynger
Jon
J
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK. j.machtynger@ucl.ac.uk
Shallice
Tim
T
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007807:Language Tests; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D014705:Verbal Behavior