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An Investigation of Self-Adapted Testing in a Spanish High School Population.
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Ponsoda, Vincente; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
A study involving 209 Spanish high school students compared computer-based English vocabulary tests: (1) a self-adapted test (SAT); (2) a computerized adaptive test (CAT); (3) a conventional test; and (4) a test combining SAT and CAT. No statistically significant differences were found among test types for estimated ability or posttest anxiety.…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis
The Analysis of a Construct That Does Not Exist: Misunderstanding the Multidimensional Nature of Trait Anxiety.
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Endler, Norman S.; Parker, James D. A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
C. Davis and M. Cowles (1989) analyzed a total trait anxiety score on the Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales (EMAS)--a unidimensional construct that this multidimensional measure does not assess. Data are reanalyzed using the appropriate scoring procedure for the EMAS. Subjects included 145 undergraduates in 1 of 4 testing conditions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity