A technique for determining the relationship between reported preference and performance

Abstract

When the report of students as to their preference for certain types of problems in arithmetic was compared with the standing of students in terms of successful solution of these various types of problems, it was found that a correlation of .56 existed between the two factors. It seems, then, that reported preference can be measured with a fair degree of accuracy and a certain amount of prediction of success from expressed preference is possible, although the size of the correlation is not such as to promise great accuracy of prediction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)