Computer-based tests provide unique advantages that can be used to control construct-irrelevant factors threatening test score validity¶
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q2 i? Computer-based tests offer several unique advantages for managing construct-irrelevant factors, a benefit the author characterizes as relatively unexplored. → Steven Wise 2018
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Steven Wise 2018¶
Steven Wise. (2018). Controlling construct-irrelevant factors through computer-based testing: Disengagement, anxiety, & cheating. Education Inquiry 10(1), 21-33. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/controlling-construct-irrelevant-factors-through-computer-based-testing-disengagement-anxiety-cheating/ doi:10.1080/20004508.2018.1490127
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The article's abstract states its focus: a "relatively unexplored benefit of computer-based tests – the control of construct-irrelevant factors that can threaten test score validity." No empirical results are reported in the available text; this is the article's framing of its argument.
"focuses on a relatively unexplored benefit of computer-based tests – the control of construct-irrelevant factors that can threaten test score validity. Several unique advantages provided by computer-based tests are described"
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Related Claims¶
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- Computer-based test advantages can be used to manage the effects of disengagement as a construct-irrelevant factor — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Rapid-guessing behavior on computer-based tests signals disengaged test taking that threatens score validity — related
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Computer-based tests provide unique advantages that can be used to control construct-irrelevant factors threatening test score validity |
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Computer-based tests provide unique advantages that can be used to control construct-irrelevant factors threatening test score validity |
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