40,170 responses from 236 respondents to 145 items.
| Description | General Knowledge: Assesses breadth of factual knowledge across multiple domains (65 multiple-choice items). Serves as a measure of crystallized intelligence and general knowledge. |
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| 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 | 40,170 |
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| Respondents | 236 |
| Items | 145 |
| Response categories | 2 |
| Responses per respondent | 170.212 |
| Responses per item | 277.034 |
| Density | 1.174 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
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| sample | Educational |
| construct type | Cognitive/educational |
| measurement tool | Test |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | eng |
| construct name | General Knowledge Test |
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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_gk")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("vermeiren_2022_gk")
| IRW version | v393 |
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| 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 |