A more generalized error model for time-limit tests is developed. Model estimates are derived for right-attempted and wrong-attempted correlations both within the same test and between different tests. A comparison is made between observed correlations and their model counterparts and a fair agreement is found between observed and expected…

Presented a system designed to enhance individual student participation even in large classes and to provide students with immediate feedback and reinforcement. (Author/RK)

In testing conservation of number in preschool children using both equality and inequality; 3- and 4-year-olds tended to use an acquiescence response set while 5- and 6-year-olds responded in terms of relative length. (ST)

Research tested the hypothesis that homogeneous subject groups would produce test responses with better homogeneity indices than those of the parent sample from which they were drawn. (Author)

Data quite clearly indicated that students should be allowed and encouraged to reconsider and evaluate their responses to objective test items. (Author)

Results support the hypothesis that, with 6-year old children, the production of analytic responses on the Conceptual Style Test is a function of the instructions used. (Author/CB)

Author presents a method for calculating item factor scores which are independent of item trait scores. (MB)

Article relates research done to discover with which characters adolescents form strong identifications; and to learn which characters these youths most admire. (Author)

Results indicate that extremeness response sets at the two ends of the continuum differentially contribute to scale validity. (MS)

In examining response style effects on various commonly used fixed-response formats, Likert-type formats were relatively consistently affected regardless of the number of format categories. Nonanchored numbers were less affected. Across types, strong correlations for the linear formats and human faces made their use problematic. (Author/CM)

Effects of item presentation mode on degree of leniency bias in responses to field research questionnaires were studied. Two modes were examined: first with items measuring the same dimensions grouped together and second with such items distributed randomly. The random mode showed substantially less leniency response bias. (Author/BW)

Autistic children were compared with matched controls on immediate recall of word lists. Overall performance was very similar. However the autistic subjects recalled significantly fewer earlier presented and more later presented items than did controls. This finding is discussed in relation to the memory disabilities of adults suffering from…

The empirical evidence does not support the prevailing conventional wisdom that it is advisable to mix positively and negatively worded items in psychological measures to counteract acquiescence response bias. An experiment, evaluating subjects' ability to respond accurately to both positive and reversed items on a questionnaire, analyzed post-hoc…

Investigated the effect of stress and preparation for stress on emotional indicators (EIs) of children, aged 4 to 12 years, who were hospitalized for elective surgery. All children were asked twice to draw a human figure. EIs increased only in the group that was stressed and unprepared. (Author)