Journal article
IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT OF TONAL MEMORY WITH COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTS
Psychomusicology, Vol.11(1), pp.27-43
04/01/1992
DOI: 10.1037/h0094134
Abstract
In this article, the first full implementation of a computerized adaptive test of tonal memory (
Vispoel, 1987
,
1991
) is reported. The efficiency, reliability, and concurrent validity of scores from this test were compared to those derived from a commercially-available test. Thirty college students from a large midwestern university responded to the adaptive test on the PLATO™ mainframe computer system, and to paper and pencil versions of the Tonal Memory subtest from the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, the Musical Memory subtest from the Drake Musical Aptitude Tests, and an investigator-designed questionnaire assessing demographic information, instrumental and vocal performance experience, and self-perceptions of music ability. Music experience, self-perception, and music memory test scores served as criterion measures in the concurrent validity analysis. Consistent with expectations, results indicated that the adaptive test required an average of 72% fewer items to yield scores that matched the reliability of the Seashore Tonal Memory test and that exceeded the Seashore's concurrent validity. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT OF TONAL MEMORY WITH COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTS
- Creators
- Walter P Vispoel - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychomusicology, Vol.11(1), pp.27-43
- Publisher
- Illinois State University
- DOI
- 10.1037/h0094134
- ISSN
- 0275-3987
- eISSN
- 2162-1535
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1992
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984374335702771
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