{"id":652,"date":"2023-10-14T19:06:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T23:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mathlab\/?page_id=652"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:03:02","slug":"rapid-magnitude-comparison-task","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mathlab\/measures\/rapid-magnitude-comparison-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid Magnitude Comparison Task"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Rapid Magnitude Comparison Task\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RMC Symbolic task measures adults\u2019 ability to compare the magnitude of two symbolic numbers (e.g., 1 vs. 3). In the task, there are two pages, Form A and Form B, each containing thirty number pairs using the Arabic digit numbers from 1 to 9. Participants are required to cross out the number that is greater within each pair. Participants are also instructed to complete the task as quickly and accurately as possible. Form A and Form B are to be measured separately for both accuracy (number of items correct) and reaction time (measured in seconds) to ensure reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/mathlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/RMC-Symbolic.Instructions.pdf\">RMC Symbolic Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/mathlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/RMC-Symbolic.Testpages.pdf\">RMC Symbolic Testpages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RMC Non-Symbolic task measures adults\u2019 ability to compare the magnitude of two non-symbolic representations of number (e.g., 5 dots vs. 7 dots). In the task, there are two pages, Form A and Form B, each containing thirty pairs of non-symbolic representations of number (i.e., dots) from 1 to 9. Participants are required to cross out the quantity that is greater within each pair. Participants are also instructed to complete the task as quickly and accurately as possible. Form A and Form B are to be measured separately for both accuracy (number of items correct) and reaction time (measured in seconds) to ensure reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/mathlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/RMC-Nonsymbolic.Instructions.pdf\">RMC Nonsymbolic Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/mathlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/RMC-Nonsymbolic.Testpages.pdf\">RMC Nonsymbolic Testpages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RMC Symbolic task measures adults\u2019 ability to compare the magnitude of two symbolic numbers (e.g., 1 vs. 3). In the task, there are two pages, Form A and Form B, each containing thirty number pairs using the Arabic digit numbers from 1 to 9. 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