The Group Embedded Figures Test was administered to 63 undergraduates in a program for a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Information Management. Distribution characteristics, sex differences, reliability, and internal consistency measures for this sample were compared with those for Witkin's original sample. In addition, item difficulty and discrimination coefficients are provided. Scores for this group show desirable measurement characteristics.
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