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Investigation of Response Changes in the GRE Revised General Test
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Liu, Ou Lydia; Bridgeman, Brent; Gu, Lixiong; Xu, Jun; Kong, Nan – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
Research on examinees' response changes on multiple-choice tests over the past 80 years has yielded some consistent findings, including that most examinees make score gains by changing answers. This study expands the research on response changes by focusing on a high-stakes admissions test--the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High Stakes Tests, Graduate Study, Verbal Ability
Validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices as a Predictor of Achievement of Sixth and Seventh Grade Students.
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Powers, Stephen; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The predictive validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) was examined with a sample of 212 sixth-grade students and 214 seventh-grade students. Correlation coefficients between the SPM and the California Achievement Tests of Reading, Language, and Mathematics ranged from .34 to .60. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests
Comparison of Measures of Moral Reasoning and Development of a New Objective Measure.
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Page, Roger; Bode, James – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
The Ethical Reasoning Inventory (ERI) is an objective test derived from Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Interview. It correlated higher with Kohlberg , and has higher internal consistency than the Defining Issues Test and the Moral Judgment Scale. (CP)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Moral Issues