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| Title |
Methodological aspects to be considered when measuring the approximate number system (ANS) – a research review
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00295 |
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| Authors |
Julia F. Dietrich, Stefan Huber, Hans-Christoph Nuerk |
| Abstract |
According to a dominant view, the approximate number system (ANS) is the foundation of symbolic math abilities. Due to the importance of math abilities for education and career, a lot of research focuses on the investigation of the ANS and its relationship with math performance. However, the results are inconsistent. This might be caused by studies differing greatly regarding the operationalization of the ANS (i.e., tasks, dependent variables). Moreover, many methodological aspects vary from one study to the next. In the present review, we discuss commonly used ANS tasks and dependent variables regarding their theoretical foundation and psychometric features. We argue that the inconsistent findings concerning the relationship between ANS acuity and math performance may be partially explained by differences in reliability. Furthermore, this review summarizes methodological aspects of ANS tasks having important impacts on the results, including stimulus range, visual controls, presentation duration of the stimuli and feedback. Based on this review, we give methodological recommendations on how to assess the ANS most reliably and most validly. All important methodological aspects to be considered when designing an ANS task or comparing results of different studies are summarized in two practical checklists. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| Ireland | 1 | 14% |
| Finland | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 15% |
| Researcher | 19 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 16% |
| Unknown | 20 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 77 | 57% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 4 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 32 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2019.
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