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Six sets of recalls of stories were scored for accuracy by seven different methods, including the scaling of recalls by the method of rank order. The six correlation matrices derived from the above procedure were subjected to factor analysis. In all cases, with perhaps one exception, two factors emerged which were identified as the number of content words reproduced and the total number of words produced.
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This investigation was supported by a research grant M-3174(A) from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service. The author is indebted to Drs. Charles N. Cofer of New York University and James Deese of John Hopkins University for their interest and for their critical reading of the manuscript. Dr. Deese suggested the factor analytic treatment and performed the analyses presented in Table 5.
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King, D.J. On the accuracy of written recall; a scaling and factor analytic study. Psychol Rec 10, 113–122 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393351
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