Equivalency of paper-pencil tests and computer-administered tests.
Description:
Are computer-administered versions of a multiple choice paper-pencil test equivalent? This study determined whether there were any significant differences between taking a traditional pencil-paper test and taking the same test using a computer. The literature has shown that there are intervening variables that have caused differences when not controlled. To prove equivalency between test modes, scores have to have similar means, dispersions, and shapes; the ranked-order of the scores must also …
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Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Whitworth, Clifford K.