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This paper presents the University of Valencia’s computerized word pool. This is a database that includes 16,109 Spanish words, together with 11 psychological variables for limited groups of items. The purpose behind the creation of this database was to have available a large quantity of verbal stimuli in a well-controlled system, ready for automatic selection. The description includes a summary of statistics on each of the 11 psychological variables, together with a correlational and factor analysis of them. This statistical analysis produces results close to those obtained for equivalent English material.
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This research was supported by Grant PB86-0311, from The Direcciön General de Investigación Científica y Técnica del Ministerio de Edueacion y Ciencia.
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Algarabel, S., Ruiz, J.C. & Sanmartin, J. The University of Valencia’s computerized word pool. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 20, 398–403 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202684
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