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Some further observations on the measurement of clustering in free recall

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Applying some measures of clustering in recall to computer-generated sequences revealed that some are likely to give a spurious picture of differences in the tendency for items to cluster in sequences that also differ in length.
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Properties of recently proposed measures of clustering in recall are considered. Applying some measures to computer-generated sequences revealed that some of them are likely to give a spurious picture of differences in the tendency for items to cluster in sequences that also differ in length.

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