Differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted item content representation¶
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Currency · newest study 2020 · checked against its sources 2026-10-09 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
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q3 i? In the first study, differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted content representation. → Steven Wise 2020
Evidence¶
Steven Wise 2020¶
Steven Wise. (2020). The impact of test-taking disengagement on item content representation. Applied Measurement in Education, 33(2), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957347.2020.1732386
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The article's first study, reported in a peer-reviewed journal article, examined rapid-guessing behavior and found that "differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted content representation." No effect size or sample statistics are printed in the available text.
"The first study showed evidence that differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted content representation."
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Related Claims¶
- One measurement article argues that low test-taking motivation biases an individual student's achievement test score downward — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Rapid-guessing behavior can distort test scores and adversely affect measurement — related
- Disengaged test-taking responses can distort the content representation of test items — a broader claim this one bears on
- Two decades of research have produced advances in both the measurement of test-taking disengagement and understanding of its distortive impact on individual and aggregated scores — related
- Even a small amount of rapid-guessing behavior can impact institutional rankings — related
- Test-taking disengagement distorts both individual and aggregated test scores — related
- Disengaged responding biases observed scores from achievement tests and surveys in practically and statistically significant ways — a broader claim this one bears on
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Differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted item content representation |
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Differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted item content representation |
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