Development and Validity of a Dutch Version of the Remote Associates Task: An Item-Response Theory Approach

Autor/inn/en	Chermahini, Soghra Akbari; Hickendorff, Marian; Hommel, Bernhard
Titel	Development and Validity of a Dutch Version of the Remote Associates Task: An Item-Response Theory Approach
Quelle	In: Thinking Skills and Creativity, 7 (2012) 3, S.177-186 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1871
DOI	10.1016/j.tsc.2012.02.003
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Test Reliability; Item Response Theory; Construct Validity; Convergent Thinking; Cognitive Measurement; Test Construction; Thinking Skills; Creative Thinking; Creativity; Creativity Tests; Netherlands; Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices; Remote Associates Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Testreliabilität; Item-Response-Theorie; Testaufbau; Denkfähigkeit; Kreatives Denken; Kreativität; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Niederlande
Abstract	The Remote Associates Test (RAT) developed by Mednick and Mednick (1967) is known as a valid measure of creative convergent thinking. We developed a 30-item version of the RAT in Dutch with high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.85) and applied both Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory (IRT) to provide measures of item difficulty and discriminability, construct validity, and reliability. IRT was further used to construct a shorter version of the RAT, which comprises of 22 items but still shows good reliability and validity--as revealed by its relation to Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices test, another insight-problem test, and Guilford's Alternative Uses Test. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10