Reducing guessing in a new computerized testing system

The National Institute for Personnel Research (NIPR) is in the process of developing a computerized psychological testing system. The programs developed for the system may be divided into four categories: the control programs, the tests, test manuals and statistical procedures. This article concentrates on the tests. The advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing are discussed. Some of the main features of NIPR computerized tests are described. Finally, one of the tests, the Arithmetic Reasoning Test, is described in some detail to illustrate the type of testing material which is being programmed on the system.

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A Computerized Testing system that Reduces Backward Reasoning in Multiple-choice Items

Korean Journal of Cognitive Science ◽

10.19066/cogsci.2009.20.3.002 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 275-289

Author(s):

박주용

Keyword(s):

Multiple Choice ◽

Computerized Testing ◽

Testing System ◽

Backward Reasoning ◽

Multiple Choice Items

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A computerized testing system for primates: Cognition, welfare, and the Rumbaughx

Behavioural Processes ◽

10.1016/j.beproc.2017.12.019 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 156 ◽

pp. 37-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Bonnie M. Perdue ◽

Michael J. Beran ◽

David A. Washburn

Keyword(s):

Computerized Testing ◽

Testing System

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Comparison of Examinees’ and Doctors’ Judgement of Health Status Using Data in an AMHTS

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1635319 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 23 (01) ◽

pp. 15-22

Author(s):

Y. Sekita ◽

T. Ohta ◽

M. Inoue ◽

H. Takeda

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Discriminant Analysis ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Subjective Symptom ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Testing System ◽

Multiple Discriminant Analysis ◽

Canonical Axis ◽

Using Data

SummaryJudgements of examinees’ health status by doctors and by the examinees themselves are compared applying multiple discriminant analysis. The doctors’ judgements of the examinees’ health status are studied comparatively using laboratory data and the examinees’ subjective symptom data.This data was obtained in an Automated Multiphasic Health Testing System. We discuss the health conditions which are significant for the judgement of doctors about the examinees. The results show that the explanatory power, when using subjective symptom data, is fair in the case of the doctors’ judgement. We found common variables, such as nervousness, lack of perseverance etc., which form the first canonical axis.

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Fatigue of Unidirectional Cord-Rubber Composites

Tire Science and Technology ◽

10.2346/1.2135975 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 48-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Y. Liu ◽

Z. Wan ◽

Z. Tian ◽

X. Du ◽

J. Jiang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Damage Accumulation ◽

Fatigue Testing ◽

Fatigue Behavior ◽

Constant Load ◽

Testing System ◽

Rubber Composites ◽

Cycle Frequency ◽

Periodic Loading ◽

Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽

Rubber Composite

Abstract A fatigue testing system is established with which the real-time recording of stress, strain, temperature, and hysteresis loss of rubbers or cord-rubber composite specimens subjected to periodic loading or extension can be successfully carried out. Several problems are connected with the experimental study of the fatigue of rubber composites. In constant extension cycling, the specimen becomes relaxed because of the viscoelasticity of rubber composites, and the imposed tension-tension deformation becomes complex. In this method, the specimen is unlikely to fail unless the imposed extensions are very large. Constant load cycling can avoid the shortcomings of constant extension cycling. The specially designed clamps ensure that the specimen does not slip when the load retains a constant value. The Deformation and fatigue damage accumulation processes of rubber composites under periodic loading are also examined. Obviously, the effect of cycle frequency on the fatigue life of rubber composites can not be ignored because of the viscoelasticity of constituent materials. The increase of specimen surface temperature is relatively small in the case of 1 Hz, but the temperature can easily reach 100°C at the 8 Hz frequency. A method for evaluating the fatigue behavior of tires is proposed.

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