Bezruczko Nikolaus
J Appl Meas. 2002;3(4):360-99.
Measurement properties are reported for a combined scale of abstract and figurative artistic judgment aptitude items. Abstract items are synthetic, rule-based images from Visual Designs Test which implements a statistical algorithm to control design complexity and redundancy, and figurative items are canvas paintings in five styles, Fauvism, Post-Impressionism, Surrealism, Renaissance, and Baroque especially created for this research. The paintings integrate syntactic structure from VDT Abstract designs with thematic content for each style at four levels of complexity while controlling redundancy. Trained test administrators collected preference for synthetic abstract designs and authentic figurative art from 462 examinees in Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation testing offices in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Dallas. The Rasch model replicated measurement properties for VDT Abstract items and identified an item hierarchy that was statistically invariant between genders and generally stable across age for new, authentic figurative items. Further examination of the figurative item hierarchy revealed that complexity interacts with style and meaning. Sound measurement properties for a combined VDT Abstract and Figurative scale shows promise for a comprehensive artistic judgment construct.
报告了抽象和具象艺术判断能力项目综合量表的测量属性。抽象项目是来自视觉设计测试的合成的、基于规则的图像，该测试实施了一种统计算法来控制设计的复杂性和冗余性；具象项目是为该研究专门创作的五种风格的油画，分别是野兽派、后印象派、超现实主义、文艺复兴和巴洛克风格。这些画作在控制冗余的同时，将视觉设计测试抽象设计的句法结构与每种风格四个复杂程度级别的主题内容相结合。经过培训的测试管理人员在波士顿、纽约、芝加哥和达拉斯的约翰逊·奥康纳研究基金会测试办公室收集了462名受试者对合成抽象设计和真实具象艺术的偏好。拉施模型复制了视觉设计测试抽象项目的测量属性，并确定了一个项目层次结构，该结构在性别之间具有统计不变性，并且对于新的真实具象项目在不同年龄之间总体稳定。对具象项目层次结构的进一步研究表明，复杂性与风格和意义相互作用。视觉设计测试抽象量表和具象量表相结合的良好测量属性显示了构建全面艺术判断的前景。
