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ERIC Number: EJ396052
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Automated Psychological Testing: Method of Administration, Need for Approval, and Measures of Anxiety.
Davis, Caroline; Cowles, Michael
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v49 n2 p311-20 Sum 1989
Computerized and paper-and-pencil versions of four standard personality inventories administered to 147 undergraduates were compared for: (1) test-retest reliability; (2) scores; (3) trait anxiety; (4) interaction between method and social desirability; and (5) preferences concerning method of testing. Doubts concerning the efficacy of computerized testing are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Personality Measures, Psychological Testing, Psychometrics, Rating Scales, Scores, Standardized Tests, Test Anxiety, Test Reliability, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eysenck Personality Inventory; Marlowe Crowne Social Desirability Scale; Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale
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