A computer-based Chinese edition of DAT Mechanical Reasoning: Comparing computer-based and paper-pencil formats of a timed pictorial test in Taiwan

Many studies have compared computer-based formats to the corresponding conventional paper-pencil formats in different types of tests, different experimental designs, and various individual difference variables. While several studies presented evidence of the nonequivalence between computer-based and paper-pencil administrations, an equally impressive number presented evidence to the contrary. To date, because the format-of-administration effects have not been determined in pictorial tests, a computer-based format of the Chinese edition of the DAT Mechanical Reasoning test was developed as the instrument to compare computer-based and paper-pencil administrations of a timed pictorial test psychometrically and experientially in Taiwan. The experimental procedure applied in this study was a two-week test-retest repeated measurement. The participants were 56 Taiwanese university freshmen.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Ju, Gin-Fon Nancy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Johnson, Scott D.
• Ackerman, Terry A.

• Education, Tests and Measurements
• Education, Educational Psychology
• Education, Technology of

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1993 Ju, Gin-Fon Nancy

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9329073
(UMI)AAI9329073

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22313