{"type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "title": "A study of speededness as a source of test bias", "subjects": ["Examinations", "Validity", "Reading comprehension"], "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL14199458A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL2628694A"}}], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "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."}, "key": "/works/OL45816969W", "latest_revision": 1, "revision": 1, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-07-23T20:10:54.674528"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-07-23T20:10:54.674528"}}