Open AccessA STUDY OF TEST SPEEDEDNESS AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF BIAS IN THE ADMISSION TEST FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN BUSINESS QUANTITATIVE SCORE 1
Author(s) -
Evans Franklin R.,
Reilly Richard R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1972.tb00196.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , statistics , psychology , ethnic group , econometrics , mathematics , political science , law , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Minority and majority groups were administered a special quantitative section of the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB) under varying time conditions to determine if increasing the time allotted for the test would eliminate any bias which may exist due to an irrelevant speed factor. By a commonly employed definition the special section was found to be moderately speeded for all candidates under normal time conditions. Neither the main effects due to time condition nor the interaction between the ethnic and time factor reached significant levels suggesting that increasing the time per item does not reduce any bias which may exist in the test. Although a substantial proportion of minority group scores fell at or below the chance level, these scores appeared to retain fairly high levels of reliability.