Cj. Elie et al., SCORING OPTIONS FOR RECALL TESTS (SORT) - A BASIC PROGRAM FOR ENTRY AND ANALYSIS OF RECALL TEST DATA, Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers, 28(3), 1996, pp. 479-482
Data from recall protocols can be used to examine a wide range of psyc
hological processes (e.g., organizational processes, search speed) usi
ng both single and repeated testing procedures. However, it is rare th
at the data gathered from studies using either single or repeated test
ing procedures are fully exploited. Scoring Options for Recall Tests (
SORT) is a BASIC program created for IBM-compatible computers designed
to facilitate the entry and analysis of data gathered from studies us
ing either single or repeated testing procedures. The program produces
three main types of measures: (1) measures of clustering and organiza
tion in recall (e.g., Adjusted Ratio of Clustering [ARC] score, Bidire
ctional Intertrial Repetition [ITR]), (2) descriptive measures (e.g.,
net recall, item loss, and item recovery), and (3) temporal analysis (
e.g., cumulative recall, and item recovery over time). SORT calculates
the appropriate measures and saves the output as a comma-delineated A
SCII-file for easy inspection and analysis.