A scheme for the evaluation of the effects of serial position and sequential dependencies in experiments where repeated measures are made on the same Ss, and where it is possible for S to receive any of these treatments more than once, is presented here. The desirability of examining such effects is discussed, and it is concluded that, where the experimental situation permits, repeated measure plans of the type presented here should be used both because serial-position effects and sequential dependencies are of interest in their own right and because the additional cost in experimenter time is often small.
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