Glossary:A-Factor

A-Factor (absolute factor) - a number associated with every element in a collection. A-Factors determines how much intervals increase in the learning process. The higher the A-Factor, the faster the intervals increase. You can see A-Factors in the element data window. For items, A-Factors reflect item difficulty. For topics, A-Factors determine topic priority. The higher the A-Factor the easier the item. The most difficult items have A-Factors equal to 1.2. For items, A-Factor is defined as the quotient of the second optimum interval and the first optimum interval used in repetitions (read more: Repetitions algorithm used in SuperMemo). For topics and tasks, A-Factor is interpreted as the number by which the current interval should be multiplied to get the value of the next interval (as it was the case with E-Factors in early versions of SuperMemo). Read more about the important function of A-Factors associated with topics in: Incremental reading