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Although the typicality effect has been much studied in the semantic memory literature, typicality ratings exist for exemplars from only a very limited number of categories. This lack of ratings frequently limits the range of stimuli that can be used in investigations of the typicality effect. As an aid in stimulus construction, this paper reports typicality ratings of 893 exemplars from 93 different categories.
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This work was done as part of a dissertation submitted by the author to the Graduate Faculty of Indiana University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree. This research was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant BNS 77-23863 to Frank Restle.
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Gruenenfelder, T.M. Typicality ratings for 893 exemplars of 93 categories. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 16, 351–354 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202461
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