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A STUDY OF SPEEDEDNESS AS A SOURCE OF TEST BIAS 1
Author(s) -
EVANS FRANKLIN R.,
REILLY RICHARD R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1972.tb00767.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , center (category theory) , reliability (semiconductor) , statistics , psychology , reading comprehension , reading (process) , computer science , mathematics , law , paleontology , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , crystallography , political science
Specially constructed “speeded” and “unspeeded” forms of a Reading Comprehension test were administered to both regular center and fee‐free center LSAT candidates in an effort to determine: (1) if the test was more speeded for fee‐free candidates, and (2) if reducing the amount of speededness was more beneficial to fee‐free candidates. Results of the analyses show: (1) the test is somewhat more speeded for fee‐free candidates than for regular candidates, (2) reducing the amount of speededness produces higher scores for both regular and fee‐free center candidates, and (3) reducing speededness is not significantly more beneficial (in terms of increasing the number of items answered correctly) to fee‐free than to regular center candidates. Lower KR‐20 reliability was observed under speeded conditions in the fee‐free sample.