Computer-Based and Paper-Based Measurement of Semantic Knowledge
Abstract
Seventy-five subjects were administered computer-based and paper- based tests of threat-parameter knowledge represented as a semantic network in order to determine the relative reliabilities and validities of these two assessment modes. Estimates of internal consistencies, equivalences, and discriminant validities were computed. It was established that (a) computer- based and paper-based measures, i.e., test score and average degree of confidence, are not significantly different in reliability or internal consistency; (b) for computer-based and paper-based measures, average degree of confidence has a higher reliability than average response latency which in turn has a higher reliability than the test score; (c) a few of the findings are ambivalent since some results suggest equivalence estimates for computer-based and paper-based measures, i.e., test score and average degree of confidence, are about the same, and another suggests these estimates are different; and (d) the discriminant validity of the computer-based measures was superior to paper-based measures. The results of this research supported the findings of some studies, but not others. As discussed, the reported literature on this subject is contradictory and inconclusive. (SDW)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA202152
Entities
People
- Nina L. Liggett
- Pat-anthony Federico