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NICOLAI, Lidia I.  y  ATTORRESI, Horacio F.. A Connection Between Conditional Reasoning Performance And Academic Performance. Anu. investig. [online]. 2008, vol.15. ISSN 1851-1686.

This study aims to analyze the connection between the score obtained in a conditional reasoning test and the grade obtained in a Statistics exam administered to students of the School of Psychology of the University of Buenos Aires. To create the conditional arguments reactives, the design of Byrne's Experiment 1 (1989) was used. The sample comprised 118 students divided in 3 groups based on the reactive type (Simple, Alternative and Additional). Each candidate was assigned 12 arguments: 4 basic conditional arguments (2 valid and 2 invalid) with three different types of content. To assess the existence of a possible correlation, the variance was analyzed, Pearson's ρ coefficient calculations were made and Fisher's tests were conducted. The conclusions are the following: the Alternative Format facilitates reasoning; the Additional Format increases its difficulty; the Simple Format is neutral; valid Simple arguments are best connected to academic performance, and academic performance is better correlated with tests of Simple Arguments than with those of Alternative or Additional Arguments.

Palabras clave : Academic performance; Conditional reasoning.

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