51,570 responses from 236 respondents to 180 items.
| Description | Author Recognition Test: Measures participants’ exposure to print and reading frequency by identifying real fiction authors among foils. Scores reflect general cultural literacy and reading habits rather than comprehension. |
|---|---|
| Reference | Vermeiren, H., Vandendaele, A., & Brysbaert, M. (2023). Validated tests for language research with university students whose native language is English: Tests of vocabulary, general knowledge, author recognition, and reading comprehension. Behavior Research Methods, 55(3), 1036-1068. |
| DOI | 10.3758/s13428-022-01856-x |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://osf.io/ef3s4/ |
| Responses | 51,570 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 236 |
| Items | 180 |
| Response categories | 2 |
| Responses per respondent | 218.517 |
| Responses per item | 286.500 |
| Density | 1.214 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
|---|---|
| sample | Educational |
| measurement tool | Test |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | eng |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Author Recognition Test: Measures participants’ exposure to print and reading frequency by identifying real fiction authors among foils. Scores reflect general cultural literacy and reading habits rather than comprehension. |
|---|---|
| Mean words per item | 2.067 |
| Mean characters per item | 13.500 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 9.243 |
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Or load it directly in R or Python:
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("vermeiren_2022_art")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("vermeiren_2022_art")
| IRW version | v393 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse_2 v19.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/qtx5-4m80 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v19.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v23.0 |