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Measures of bidirectional commonality and bidirectional ratio of commonality are presented to assess the extent of inter-S agreement of subjective organization in free recall. The results of an experiment employing the commonality measure indicate that commonality increases across trials and is positively correlated with the amount of recall. However, the amount of commonality is relatively low. The low amounts of commonality were confirmed further by analyzing the data of three additional and independent studies of free recall.
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This research was supported by a grant from the University of Hawaii Research Council. Jerold A. Bell assisted in collecting the data and Judith M. Nishizaki assisted in their analysis. The author is grateful for the computer time generously made available by the University of Hawaii Statistical and Computing Center.
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Shapiro, S.I. The commonality of subjective organization in free recall. Psychon Sci 21, 81–83 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335775
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