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Sarac, Merve; Loken, Eric – International Journal of Testing, 2023
This study is an exploratory analysis of examinee behavior in a large-scale language proficiency test. Despite a number-right scoring system with no penalty for guessing, we found that 16% of examinees omitted at least one answer and that women were more likely than men to omit answers. Item-response theory analyses treating the omitted responses…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Kail, Robert; Park, Young-shin – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1992
Three experiments focused on the function relating children's response time to adults' response time in corresponding conditions. In all experiments, children's response times increased in a linear manner as a function of adults' response times. (BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Children