Modeling the impact of test anxiety and test familiarity on the criterion-related validity of cognitive ability tests

• Main Authors: REEVE, Charlie L., HEGGESTAD, Eric D., LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Cognitive ability tests; Test anxiety; Test familiarity; Criterion-related validity; Classical test theory; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5623; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6622/viewcontent/modeling_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The assessment of cognitive abilities, whether it is for purposes of basic research or applied decision making. is potentially susceptible to both facilitating and debilitating influences. However, relatively little research has examined the degree to which these factors might moderate the criterion...