The testing environment as an explanation for unproctored internet-based testing device-type effects Academic Article

abstract

• Devicetype effects on cognitive tests appear to covary with whether unproctored internetbased test (UIT) scores were obtained operationally or nonoperationally. The present study examined whether the testing environment and distractions thereinone of three contextual factors identified as plausible explanationsaccounts for this covariation. Fourhundred and twentyfive college students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions which differed by the testing environment and device used to complete a cognitive test. Test scores did not differ between conditions despite greater distractions reported by those who tested in the distracting environment. Results were replicated withinstudy, and suggest that the selfselection and testingstakes hypotheses warrant subsequent empirical examination as explanations for the differences in devicetype effects observed in operational and nonoperational settings.

authors

• Arthur, Winfred

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Traylor, Z., Hagen, E., Williams, A., & Arthur, W. J.

complete list of authors

• Traylor, Zach||Hagen, Ellen||Williams, Ashleigh||Arthur, Winfred Jr

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Selection and Assessment  Journal

keywords

• Based Testing
• Cognitive Ability
• Distractions
• Mobile Device
• Noncognitive Constructs
• Nonmobile Device
• Testing Environment
• Unproctored Internet‐

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/ijsa.12315

start page

• 65

end page

• 80

volume

• 29

issue

• 1