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A Novel Examination Of None-Of-The-Above As It Influences Examinee Item Responses, Kathryn N. Thompson
A Novel Examination Of None-Of-The-Above As It Influences Examinee Item Responses, Kathryn N. Thompson
Dissertations, 2020-current
It is imperative to collect validity evidence prior to interpreting and using test scores. During the process of collecting validity evidence, test developers should consider whether test scores are contaminated by sources of extraneous information. This is referred to as construct irrelevant variance, or the “degree to which test scores are affected by processes that are extraneous to the test’s intended purpose” (AERA et al., 2014, p. 12). One possible source of construct irrelevant variance is violating item-writing guidelines, such as to “avoid the use of none-of-the-above” in multiple-choice items (Rodriguez, 2016, p. 268).
Numerous studies have been conducted with …