GROUP EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST - PSYCHOMETRIC DATA DOCUMENTING SHIFTS FROM PRIOR NORMS IN-FIELD INDEPENDENCE OF ACCOUNTANTS

Authors
BERNARDI RA
Citation
Ra. Bernardi, GROUP EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST - PSYCHOMETRIC DATA DOCUMENTING SHIFTS FROM PRIOR NORMS IN-FIELD INDEPENDENCE OF ACCOUNTANTS, Perceptual and motor skills, 77(2), 1993, pp. 579-586
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
77
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
579 - 586
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1993)77:2<579:GEFT-P>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This study examined the performance 516 practicing accountants on the Group Embedded Figures Test. The present accountants scored significan tly more field-independent than the published test norms and the 124 a ccountants in Pincus's 1985 sample. Significant differences were also noted between traditional (entry immediately following college at age 22) and delayed-entry (late entry or second career) accountants. Gende r differences noted in the norms were not observed for the current sam ple.