Improvements and future challenges for the research infrastructure in the field "Measuring cognitive ability".

Autor/inn/en	Grabner, Roland H.; Stern, Elsbeth
Titel	Improvements and future challenges for the research infrastructure in the field "Measuring cognitive ability". Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Verbesserungen und zukünftige Herausforderungen für die Forschungsinfrastruktur im Bereich "Messung kognitiver Fähigkeiten".
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Reihe	Working Paper Series des Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD). 49
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Kognition; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kognitive Kompetenz; Datenerfassung; Datengewinnung; Datenmanagement; Messung; Daten; Datenaufbereitung
Abstract	"The assessment of cognitive abilities is critical in large-scale survey studies that aim at elucidating the longitudinal interplay between the individual's cognitive potential and socio-economic variables. The format of such studies calls for assessment methods which can not only be administered economically but also display a high (psychometric) measurement quality. In consideration of recent theoretical and empirical advances in intelligence research, we recommend the implementation of tests drawing on working memory in large-scale survey studies. Working memory is a limited-capacity system for temporary storage and processing of information and currently discussed to be the cognitive key system underlying intellectual abilities. Four types of working memory tests are exemplarily described and critically evaluated with regard to their psychometric quality and the need for further evaluation." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2010/2