An Information-Processing-Based Conceptual Framework of the Effects of Unproctored Internet-Based Testing Devices on Scores on Employment-Related Assessments and Tests

2018 Taylor & Francis. The widespread use of unproctored Internet-based testing (UIT) in employment-related assessments has resulted in a burgeoning use of mobile devices to complete these assessments. Coupled with this is a concomitant interest in UIT-device-type effects, specifically, differences or lack thereof between assessments completed on mobile versus nonmobile devices. However, there is limited theoretical or conceptual work that seeks to explain the observed effects of UIT device type on test scores. Consequently, this article first presents a review of the extant empirical literature and then, on the basis of that, presents a frameworkthe structural characteristics/information processing frameworkfor psychologically conceptualizing the effect of UIT device types on test and assessment scores. The framework is used to explain previous findings and advance testable propositions for future research.

An Information-Processing-Based Conceptual Framework of the Effects of Unproctored Internet-Based Testing Devices on Scores on Employment-Related Assessments and Tests Academic Article