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Kuhn, Jörg-Tobias; Ranger, Jochen – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
In this commentary, Kuhn and Ranger hypothesize that most people are aware that talent does not guarantee success in case one is lazy. This is also true for the performance in achievement tests that depends on, among other factors, achievement potential (ability) and willingness to achieve (test-taking motivation) of the test taker. They add that…
Descriptors: Ability, Reaction Time, Motivation, Measurement
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Kong, Xiaojing J.; Wise, Steven L.; Bhola, Dennison S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
This study compared four methods for setting item response time thresholds to differentiate rapid-guessing behavior from solution behavior. Thresholds were either (a) common for all test items, (b) based on item surface features such as the amount of reading required, (c) based on visually inspecting response time frequency distributions, or (d)…
Descriptors: Test Items, Reaction Time, Timed Tests, Item Response Theory
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Wise, Steven L.; Bhola, Dennison S.; Yang, Sheng-Ta – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2006
The attractiveness of computer-based tests (CBTs) is due largely to their capability to expand the ways we conduct testing. A relatively unexplored application, however, is actively using the computer to reduce construct-irrelevant variance while a test is being administered. This investigation introduces the effort-monitoring CBT, in which the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Validity, Reaction Time, Guessing (Tests)