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Direct linkBridgeman, Brent; Cline, Frederick – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2004
Time limits on some computer-adaptive tests (CATs) are such that many examinees have difficulty finishing, and some examinees may be administered tests with more time-consuming items than others. Results from over 100,000 examinees suggested that about half of the examinees must guess on the final six questions of the analytical section of the…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Timed Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Making Use of Response Times in Standardized Tests: Are Accuracy and Speed Measuring the Same Thing?
Download full textScrams, David J.; Schnipke, Deborah L. – 1997
Response accuracy and response speed provide separate measures of performance. Psychometricians have tended to focus on accuracy with the goal of characterizing examinees on the basis of their ability to respond correctly to items from a given content domain. With the advent of computerized testing, response times can now be recorded unobtrusively…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics
Lazarte, Alejandro A. – 1999
Two experiments reproduced in a simulated computerized test-taking situation the effect of two of the main determinants in answering an item in a test: the difficulty of the item and the time available to answer it. A model is proposed for the time to respond or abandon an item and for the probability of abandoning it or answering it correctly. In…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Probability
Halkitis, Perry N.; And Others – 1996
The relationship between test item characteristics and testing time was studied for a computer-administered licensing examination. One objective of the study was to develop a model to predict testing time on the basis of known item characteristics. Response latencies (i.e., the amount of time taken by examinees to read, review, and answer items)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics), Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Bergstrom, Betty; And Others – 1994
Examinee response times from a computerized adaptive test taken by 204 examinees taking a certification examination were analyzed using a hierarchical linear model. Two equations were posed: a within-person model and a between-person model. Variance within persons was eight times greater than variance between persons. Several variables…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Certification, Computer Assisted Testing
Lin, Miao-Hsiang – 1986
Specific questions addressed in this study include how time limits affect a test's construct and predictive validities, how time limits affect an examinee's time allocation and test performance, and whether the assumption about how examinees answer items is valid. Interactions involving an examinee's sex and age are studied. Two parallel forms of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity, Difficulty Level
