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Convergence Principles: Information in the Answer Sets of Some Multiple-Choice Intelligence Tests

University of Durham

J.E. Zammarelli

University of Durham

It is hypothesized that some common multiple- choice intelligence tests exhibit the property that the correct answer and the distractors together form a set of elements that, considered apart from the question, contain information as to which mem ber of the set is the correct answer. Three formalized principles (couched in terms of set theory) are suggested, which enable the correct an swer to be deduced from the answer set. The appli cation of these principles to two intelligence tests is demonstrated and an experiment that supports the hypothesis is reported.

Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 5, No. 1, 21-27 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/014662168100500103


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