Measuring Learning using an Untrained Control Group: Comment on R. Reber and Perruchet
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section APublished 1 January 2003
Zoltán Dienes, Gerry T. M. Altmann
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It is shown that inferring learning from a difference between a trained group and an untrained control in no way relies on their implausible additivity assumption, and that unt trained control groups can be an invaluable aid to the researcher.
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R. Reber and Perruchet (this issue) argue that use of control groups without training is unsound for establishing that learning has occurred. We show that inferring learning from a difference between a trained group and an untrained control in no way relies on their implausible additivity assumption, and that untrained control groups can be an invaluable aid to the researcher.
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