Ordering preference for 64 adults was determined by presenting sets of tones which could be ordered on either frequency or amplitude. Subjects were then assigned randomly to auditory discrimination and transposition tasks on either dimension. Results indicated that amplitude transposition is more likely regardless of ordering preference. A relationship was found between frequency preference and failure to transpose on frequency problems.
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