Field Independence and Hypothesis Testing
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications
- Vol. 43 (3), 763-769
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1976.43.3.763
Abstract
The purpose of this experiment was to examine field independence-dependence and hypothesis-testing. 218 field-independent is and 218 field-dependent Ss solved 24, four-trial learning set problems. Ss received 18 outcome problems (feedback) and 6 nonoutcome problems (no feedback). Analysis of the nonoutcome problems showed that field-independent Ss were more efficient hypothesis-testers than field-dependent Ss.Keywords
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