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Wise, Steven L.; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016
This study examined the utility of response time-based analyses in understanding the behavior of unmotivated test takers. For the data from an adaptive achievement test, patterns of observed rapid-guessing behavior and item response accuracy were compared to the behavior expected under several types of models that have been proposed to represent…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Student Motivation, Test Wiseness, Adaptive Testing
Peer reviewedLord, Frederic M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Difficulty Level
PDF pending restorationVale, C. David; Weiss, David J. – 1977
Twenty multiple-choice vocabulary items and 20 free-response vocabulary items were administered to 660 college students. The free-response items consisted of the stem words of the multiple-choice items. Testees were asked to respond to the free-response items with synonyms. A computer algorithm was developed to transform the numerous…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Aptitude Tests

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