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The validity of the Everyday Spatial Activities Test (ESAT) for predicting performance on tasks requiring visuosptial perception and knowledge was examined in a sample of male and female college students. ESAT scores were positively correlated with performance on tests of visuospatial perception but not with measures of visuospatial (geographic) knowledge. However, with the exception of performance on the water jar problem, demographic variables were better predictors of performance than the ESAT was, suggesting that the test may have limited utility.
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Beatty, W.W., Duncan, D. Relationship between performance on the Everyday Spatial Activities Test and on objective measures of spatial behavior in men and women. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 28, 228–230 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334011
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