Dealing with the threats inherent in unproctored Internet testing of cognitive ability: Results from a large-scale operational test program

Author

Filip LIEVENS, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Eugene BURKE, SHL, Thames Ditton, UK

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

12-2011

Abstract

There is little information available about operational systems of unproctored Internet testing (UIT) of cognitive ability and how they deal with the threats inherent in UIT. This descriptive study provides a much-needed empirical examination of a large-scale operational UIT system of cognitive ability that implemented test design and verification testing for increasing test security and honest responding. Test security evaluations showed item exposure and test overlap rates were acceptable. Aberrant score evaluations revealed that negative score change (higher unproctored scores than proctored ones) was negligible. Implications for UIT research are discussed.

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volume

84

Issue

4

First Page

817

Last Page

824

ISSN

0963-1798

Identifier

10.1348/096317910X522672

Publisher

Wiley: 12 months

Citation

LIEVENS, Filip and BURKE, Eugene. Dealing with the threats inherent in unproctored Internet testing of cognitive ability: Results from a large-scale operational test program. (2011). Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 84, (4), 817-824.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5690

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https://doi.org/10.1348/096317910X522672