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Battig (1965) published a correction adjusted-learning method for ensuring equal learning of all items in a paired-associate list. The present experiment tested the adequacy of his technique by using response latency as a measure of learning. The results showed that the Battig procedure was not entirely successful in equating the level of learning across items.
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This research was supported in part by the Joint Services Electronics Program under Contract No. DA 28 043 AMC 00073 (E) and in part by the Computer-based Educational Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois.
The authors are grateful to Rosemary Wearing and Maryann Carp for assistance in carrying out this research.
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Wearing, A.J., Montague, W.E. A test of the Battig procedure for controlling the level of individual item learning in paired-associate lists. Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 2, 9–10 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03205715
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