Test-Retest Reliability of the Cf-1 Hidden Figures Test1

JACKSON, Messick and Myers (1964) report that &dquo;correlations between group-and individually-administered embedded-figures tests (are) ... sufficiently high (in) agreement to warrant substitution of group for individual forms.&dquo; Recent correspondence with Messick and Witkin has suggested that the Cf-1 Hidden Figures Test (French, Ekstrom and Price, 1963) will probably supersede in usage group Embedded-Figures Tests (EFT) III and V, unless memory is an important factor, in which case, Messick prefers V.2 The Cf-1 Hidden Figures Test (Cf-1) is practically identical to EFT III and more economical to use. It, like the EFT, is an adaptation of the Gottschaldt Figures Test (1926). Briefly, the task is to decide which one of five geometrical figures is located in a stimulus complex. The test consists of two 10 minute parts, each containing 16 items and is scored number correct. It was originally developed by ETS for use with Ss 12 years of age and over in the study of field-dependency (Witkin, 1959; Witkin et al., 1962). It is a very difficult test. The purpose of the present study was to provide data on the