Tolerance for error and computational estimation ability.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2004
Abstract
Previous investigators have suggested that the personality variable tolerance for error is related to success in computational estimation. However, this suggestion has not been tested directly. This study examined the relationship between performance on a computational estimation test and scores on the NEO-Five Factor Inventory, a measure of the Big Five personality traits, including Openness, an index of tolerance for ambiguity. Other variables included SAT-I Verbal and Mathematics scores and self-rated mathematics ability. Participants were 65 college students. There was no significant relationship between the tolerance variable and computational estimation performance. There was a modest negative relationship between Agreeableness and estimation performance. The skepticism associated with the negative pole of the Agreeableness dimension may be important to pursue in further understanding of estimation ability.
Volume
94
Issue
3 Pt 2
First Page
1393
Last Page
1403
ISSN
0033-2941
Published In/Presented At
Hogan, T. P., Wyckoff, L. A., Krebs, P., Jones, W., & Fitzgerald, M. P. (2004). Tolerance for error and computational estimation ability. Psychological reports, 94(3 Pt 2), 1393–1403. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1393-1403
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
15362423
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article