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Peer reviewedCapon, Noel; Kuhn, Deanna – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Results showed that only 32 percent of adult female shoppers in a supermarket were able to use a proportional reasoning strategy to determine which of two sizes of a common item (size ratio 2:3) was the better buy. Performance declined when the ratio was more complex. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Daily Living Skills, Females
