A study of speededness as a source of test bias

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Franklin R. Evans, Richard R. ...
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A study of speededness as a source of test bias

Specially constructed "speeded" and "unspeeded" forms of a Reading Comprehension section of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) were administered to 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 analysis 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 (22 scaled score points) and fee-free (33 scaled score points) center candidates, and (3) reducing speededness is not 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 and is discussed.

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Language
English
Pages
16

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Edition Notes

Growth study paper #58.

"May 1971."

"This bulletin is a draft for interoffice circulation ..."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13).

Published in
Princeton, N.J
Series
Research bulletin -- RB-71-31, Research bulletin (Educational Testing Service) -- RB-71-31

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Pagination
16 p.
Number of pages
16

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL62355789M
OCLC/WorldCat
874099982

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Work ID
OL45816969W

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