Relationship between the Implicit Association Test and intergroup behavior: A meta-analysis
Kurdi and eight colleagues pooled 217 research reports with 36,071 participants on the relation between the implicit association test and intergroup behaviour. Implicit and explicit measures both correlated significantly with the criteria, with unique coefficients of .14 and .11 in a structural equation model. Correlations varied widely and methodological features explained the variation: studies strong on those features averaged .37 (13 studies) and those low on them .02 (6 studies). Most studies were badly underpowered and analyses often ignored measurement error; the authors released online tools for power and internal consistency.
Kurdi and eight colleagues pooled 217 research reports with 36,071 participants on the relation between the implicit association test and intergroup behaviour. Implicit and explicit measures both correlated significantly with the criteria, with unique coefficients of .14 and .11 in a structural equation model. Correlations varied widely and methodological features explained the variation: studies strong on those features averaged .37 (13 studies) and those low on them .02 (6 studies). Most studies were badly underpowered and analyses often ignored measurement error; the authors released online tools for power and internal consistency.
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Kurdi, B., Seitchik, A. E., Axt, J. R., Carroll, T. J., Karapetyan, A., Kaushik, N., Tomezsko, D., Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R. (2019). Relationship between the Implicit Association Test and intergroup behavior: A meta-analysis. American Psychologist, 74(5), 569-586. doi:10.1037/amp0000364 https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000364