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Download full textBetz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1976
The effects of immediate knowledge of results (KR) concerning the correctness or incorrectness of each item response on a computer-administered test of verbal ability were investigated. The effects of KR were examined on a 50-item conventional test and a stradaptive ability test and in high- and low-ability groups. The primary dependent variable…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Branching, College Students
Betz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1974
Monte Carlo simulation procedures were used to study the psychometric characteristics of two two-stage adaptive tests and a conventional "peaked" ability test. Results showed that scores yielded by both two-stage tests better reflected the normal distribution of underlying ability. Ability estimates yielded by one of the two stage tests…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computers
Weiss, David J.; Betz, Nancy E. – 1973
Research to date on adaptive (sequential, branched, individualized, tailored, programmed, response-contingent) ability testing is reviewed and summarized, following a brief review of problems inherent in conventional individual and group approaches to ability measurement. Research reviewed includes empirical, simulation and theoretical studies of…
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Group Testing, Individual Testing
Peer reviewedBetz, Nancy E.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1990
Examined utility of gender, traditionality of choice, and gender role identification as moderators of interest-field congruence and ability-level realism of academic major and occupational preferences in college students (N=592). Found traditionality of choice and gender role unrelated to interest-field congruence. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Ability, Career Choice, College Students, Congruence (Psychology)
Betz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1975
A 40-item flexilevel test and a 40-item conventional test were compared using data obtained through (1) computer-administration of the two tests to three groups of college students, and (2) monte carlo simulation of test response patterns. Results indicated the flexilevel score distribution better reflected the underlying normal distribution of…
Descriptors: Ability, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs
Betz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1976
The effects of providing immediate knowledge of results (KR) and adaptive testing on test anxiety and test-taking motivation were investigated. Also studied was the accuracy of student perceptions of the difficulty of adaptive and conventional tests administered with or without immediate knowledge of results. Testees were 350 college students…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Anxiety, Branching
