Response Latency Measures for Biographical Inventories
Abstract
This study assessed the usefulness of response latency data for biographical inventory items in improving the inventory's validity. The Armed Services Applicant Profile (ASAP) was computer administered to Navy Recruits, and the regular score, latency-weighted scores, and measures of deviant latencies were obtained. The latency-weighted scores did not improve the ASAP's validity in predicting six-month retention, when used instead of or in addition to the regular score, and the measures of deviant latencies did not function as suppressor or moderator variables to improve the ASAP's validity. But subgroups of items with differing latencies varied systematically in their internal- consistency reliability (with increased reliability for subgroups with shorter latencies) and a small group of items with moderate latencies was almost as valid as the regular score, suggesting that latency data may be useful in writing and selecting inventory items.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA234988
Entities
People
- David L. Alterton
- Lawrence J. Stricker
Organizations
- Educational Testing Service