Computer-adaptive testing: The impact of test characteristics on perceived performance and test takers' reactions

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Tonidandel, S; Quiñones, MA; Adams, AA
• 署名单位: Rice University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037//0021-9010.87.2.320
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 320-332

摘要

This study examined how specific features of adaptive tests are related to test takers' reactions, Participants took a computer-adaptive test in which 2 features, difficulty of the initial item and difficulty of subsequent items, were manipulated, then responded to questionnaires assessing their reactions to the test. The data show that the relationship between a test's objective difficulty, which was determined by the 2 manipulated test characteristics, and reactions was fully mediated by perceived performance, Additional analyses evaluated the impact of feedback on reactions to the adaptive test. In general, feedback that was consistent with perceptions of performance was positively related to reactions. The results suggest that minor changes to the design of an adaptive test may potentially enhance examinees' reactions.