Knight, Jacquelyn (2013) Australian Category Norms: Differences in Responses of Age Groups. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Category norms are used in research on learning and memory; however previous category norms are largely based on participants who were introductory university students. This study aimed to investigate whether people respond differently to categories depending on their age. The Australian Normative Database, based on paper surveys collected by multiple researchers since 2009, was used to address the research question. Participants were grouped as Young Adults (25 years or younger; N = 184) or Other Adults (Over 25 years; N = 587) and Chi-Square Tests of Independence were undertaken on 75 categories. Results indicated significant differences between the age groups in 77.33% of categories (p < .001), with 12 categories having a large effect size (Cramer’s V > .5). Nine categories were found to be robust to differences between age groups. The study highlights the need for researchers and practitioners to be mindful of the use of category norms to ensure they are using age-appropriate normative data or those categories which are less likely to be affected by age. It also supports the need for the development of normative database that include a wide variety of ages, such as the Australian Normative Database.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Current UniSQ staff and students can request access to this thesis. Please email research.repository@unisq.edu.au with a subject line of SEAR thesis request and provide: Name of the thesis requested and Your name and UniSQ email address |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology, Counselling and Community (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2014) |
| Supervisors: | Liam Hendry |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2025 02:30 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2025 02:30 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | category norming, Australian norms, age differences |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52472 |
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