Data Type Details: Serial Learning i

Details Pertaining to Serial Learning i

Principal Investigator: Alan Zonderman
Collaborating Investigators: David Arenberg, Leonard Giambra.
Year First Collected: 1960
Year Last Collected: 1989
Frequency of Collection: Every 6 years
Subset Data Files on the VMS Cluster? Files info231.*, Inactive as of 11/97. For access to these data, please contact Dr. Paul Costa or Dr. Alan Zonderman.

Data Type Notes:

(none) Descriptive History:

-----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----

# Variable Type Len Pos Format Label
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1 ID Num 8 0 4. BLSA Identification
6 SERIALA Num 4 28 1. SER Reached criteria anyway
3 SERIALC Num 4 16 2. SER # trials to criteria
4 SERIALE Num 4 20 3. SER # errors
5 SERIALP Num 4 24 1. SER Pace of trials to criteria
2 VI Num 8 8 4.1 BLSA Visit number
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CONTENTS PROCEDURE
-----Variables Ordered by Position-----

# Variable Type Len Pos Format Label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 ID Num 8 0 4. BLSA Identification
2 VI Num 8 8 4.1 BLSA Visit number
3 SERIALC Num 4 16 2. SER # trials to criteria
4 SERIALE Num 4 20 3. SER # errors
5 SERIALP Num 4 24 1. SER Pace of trials to criteria
6 SERIALA Num 4 28 1. SER Reached criteria anyway
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Variable Label N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
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ID BLSA Identification 1954 585.18 323.68 12.00 1182.00
VI BLSA Visit number 1954 4.74 3.39 1.00 18.00
SERIALC SER # trials to criteria 1809 17.61 10.90 1.00 48.00
SERIALE SER # errors 1809 90.70 81.52 0.00 541.00
SERIALP SER Pace of trials to criteria 1954 3.58 1.24 2.00 5.00
SERIALA SER Reached criteria anyway 4 1.00 0.00 1.00 1.00
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DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY:

Descriptive history is largely in the BLSA book (Shock, et al).

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DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT, METHOD, OR MEDIUM:

Data collection began in 1960 for two studies of verbal learning. In serial learning, a list of familiar words is presented repeatedly in the same order. The task is to respond to each word with the next word in the list. In paired-associate learning, items that consist of a stimulus (two consonants) and a response component (a familiar adjective) are presented repeatedly in different orders. The task is to say the word that is paired with the two consonants. For both tasks, each subject was assigned to one of three pace conditions determined by the amount of time permitted for each response. Total errors and trials to criterion are the measures (Arenberg, 1967; Arenberg and Robertson-Tchabo, 1977). These tasks are repeated at six-year intervals with different sets of words and consonants.

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RELATED PROTOCOLS:

Paired associate learning

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Investigators:

David Arenberg (mailto:dave@lpc.grc.nia.nih.gov)
Leonard Giambra (mailto:lmg@lpc.grc.nia.nih.gov)

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Frequency of collection: Every 6 years

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Inclusion & exclusion rules: None

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Publications using these data:
Arenberg D, Robertson-Tchabo EA. Learning and memory. In: Birren JE, Schaie KW, ed. Handbook of the Psychology of Aging. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
Arenberg D. Regression analyses of verbal learning on adult ages at two anticipation intervals. Journal of Gerontology 1967;22:411-414.

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Info Type 232 Paired Associate Learning I

Testing started and stopped:

Tests First Vis Last Vis
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1954 11/16/1960 02/08/1989

Only men were tested:

Sex Tests First Vis Last Vis
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Men 1954 11/16/1960 02/08/1989

Distinct participants:

SEX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent
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Men 905 100.0 905 100.0
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CLARIFICATION OF DATA ELEMENT DESCRIPTIONS:

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CONTENTS PROCEDURE

Data Set Name: BLSTRANS.SERIAL
Observations: 1954
Member Type: DATA
Variables: 6
Engine: V612
Indexes: 0
Created: 21:11 Saturday, June 28, 1997
Observation Length: 32
Last Modified: 21:11 Saturday, June 28, 1997
Deleted Observations: 0
Protection:
Compressed: NO
Data Set Type:
Sorted: NO
Label:
-----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----

Data Set Page Size: 8192
Number of Data Set Pages: 8
File Format: 607
First Data Page: 1
Max Obs per Page: 254
Obs in First Data Page: 221
Filename: $1$DKB200:[BLSTRANS]SERIAL.SASEB$DATA
Host Format: AXP
Disk Blocks Allocated: 180
-----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----

# Variable Type Len Pos Format Label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 ID Num 8 0 4. BLSA Identification
6 SERIALA Num 4 28 1. SER Reached criteria anyway
3 SERIALC Num 4 16 2. SER # trials to criteria
4 SERIALE Num 4 20 3. SER # errors
5 SERIALP Num 4 24 1. SER Pace of trials to criteria
2 VI Num 8 8 4.1 BLSA Visit number
Transition to SAS
15:52 Saturday, June 28, 1997 114
Revise SERIAL LEARNING export file (IDVI only)

CONTENTS PROCEDURE
-----Variables Ordered by Position-----

# Variable Type Len Pos Format Label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 ID Num 8 0 4. BLSA Identification
2 VI Num 8 8 4.1 BLSA Visit number
3 SERIALC Num 4 16 2. SER # trials to criteria
4 SERIALE Num 4 20 3. SER # errors
5 SERIALP Num 4 24 1. SER Pace of trials to criteria
6 SERIALA Num 4 28 1. SER Reached criteria anyway
Transition to SAS
15:52 Saturday, June 28, 1997 115
Revise SERIAL LEARNING export file (IDVI only)

Variable Label N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
ID BLSA Identification 1954 585.18 323.68 12.00 1182.00
VI BLSA Visit number 1954 4.74 3.39 1.00 18.00
SERIALC SER # trials to criteria 1809 17.61 10.90 1.00 48.00
SERIALE SER # errors 1809 90.70 81.52 0.00 541.00
SERIALP SER Pace of trials to criteria 1954 3.58 1.24 2.00 5.00
SERIALA SER Reached criteria anyway 4 1.00 0.00 1.00 1.00
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------

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DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY:

Descriptive history is largely in the BLSA book (Shock, et al).

---
DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT, METHOD, OR MEDIUM:

Data collection began in 1960 for two studies of verbal learning. In serial learning, a list of familiar words is presented repeatedly in the same order. The task is to respond to each word with the next word in the list. In paired-associate learning, items that consist of a stimulus (two consonants) and a response component (a familiar adjective) are presented repeatedly in different orders. The task is to say the word that is paired with the two consonants. For both tasks, each subject was assigned to one of three pace conditions determined by the amount of time permitted for each response. Total errors and trials to criterion are the measures (Arenberg, 1967; Arenberg and Robertson-Tchabo, 1977). These tasks are repeated at six-year intervals with different sets of words and consonants.

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RELATED PROTOCOLS:

Serial Learning
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Investigators:

David Arenberg (mailto:dave@lpc.grc.nia.nih.gov)
Leonard Giambra (mailto:lmg@lpc.grc.nia.nih.gov)

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Frequency of collection: Every 6 years

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Inclusion & exclusion rules: None

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Publications using these data:
Arenberg D, Robertson-Tchabo EA. Learning and memory. In: Birren JE, Schaie KW, ed. Handbook of the Psychology of Aging. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
Arenberg D. Regression analyses of verbal learning on adult ages at two anticipation intervals. Journal of Gerontology 1967;22:411-414.

Alan Zonderman abz@lpc.grc.nia.nih.gov
Laboratory of Personality & Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH

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