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The Factorial Survey: The Impact of the Presentation Format of Vignettes on Answer Behavior and Processing Time
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Shamon, Hawal; Dülmer, Hermann; Giza, Adam – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
The factorial survey is an experimental design in which the researcher constructs varying descriptions of situations or individual persons (vignettes), which will be judged by respondents with regard to a particular aspect. Some researchers present vignettes in text format as short stories, others present the central information of vignettes in a…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Surveys, Response Style (Tests), Reaction Time
Application of Network Analysis to Description and Prediction of Assessment Outcomes
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Thompson, James J. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2022
With the use of computerized testing, ordinary assessments can capture both answer accuracy and answer response time. For the Canadian Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) numeracy and literacy subtests, person ability, person speed, question difficulty, question time intensity, fluency (rate), person fluency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Network Analysis
How Much Time Do Adults Spend on the PIAAC Assessment and Why Does It Matter? Adult Skills in Focus. No. 10
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OECD Publishing, 2019
Log files from computer-based assessment can help better understand respondents' behaviours and cognitive strategies. Analysis of timing information from Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) reveals large differences in the time participants take to answer assessment items, as well as large country differences…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Reaction Time
Test-Taking Engagement in PIAAC. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 133
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Goldhammer, Frank; Martens, Thomas; Christoph, Gabriela; Lüdtke, Oliver – OECD Publishing, 2016
In this study, we investigated how empirical indicators of test-taking engagement can be defined, empirically validated, and used to describe group differences in the context of the Programme of International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC). The approach was to distinguish between disengaged and engaged response behavior by means of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Response Style (Tests), Reaction Time
Young Children's Ability to Use Precued Information to Select and Maintain a Response.
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Clark, Jane E.; Moore, Joyce E. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Examined whether children (ages 4-5) were, like adults, capable of using precued information to preselect a response and remember it briefly. Findings suggest that the 10 preschoolers could preselect a response and maintain it for about one second, but they had difficulty over a 3- or 5-second delay. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cues
Matching Feedback and Cognitive Style in Visual CAI Tasks.
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Hedberg, John G.; McNamara, Suzanne E. – 1985
The effects of different types of feedback in computer assisted instruction were studied in 30 college students with different cognitive styles. The program, written in Apple Pilot and administered on an Apple IIE microcomputer, consisted of 16 problem solving tasks; for each, a graphic display and a textual question were presented. Two feedback…
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style