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4111.2 Automatic item generation and adaptogenic testing: A new framework, Martin
Arendasy, Dept. of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria
Based on the ideas presented by Greeno, Moore & Smith (1993) a new framework for
automatically generating test items is derived and applied to the implementation of item generators
for various domains such as reasoning, spatial ability, verbal nad numerical abilities. The potential
applicability of item generators in the context of adaptogenic testing is outlined on the basis of
first, promising results.
4111.3 Development of an emotional expression scale, Tithi Bhatnagar, Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, India
The objective of the study is to develop an Emotional Expression Scale as well as to study the
emotional expressions of male and female adolescents(pre and post stages).169 adolescents were
asked to express their emotions as statements for 35 emotions drawn from literature.70 statements
of emotional expressions were identified based on commonality of responses. These 70 statements
were given to 7 judges for the determination of face validity. The final Emotional Expression
Scale consisted of 30 statements after face validity. This scale was administered to 120 male and
female adolescents. The analysis showed that post-adolescents have a greater skill for emotional
expression.
4111.4 Cultural representativity of the workforce: Do selection processes fail? Chantale
Jeanrie 1 , Georges Sarrazin 2 , Jean-Francois Rivard 1 , Mélanie Boyer 1 , Christian Brunelle 1 ,
1 2
Laval University, Canada, Ottawa University, Canada
Equal opportunity programmes have been implemented in many countries. Targeted recruitment
brings more applicants from cultural communities but selection methods do not always translate
into a representative hiring rate. Consequently, questions have been raised as to the validity of
selection tools for members of cultural communities. Significant differences in test scores between
natives and cultural community applicants have been found repeatedly. Whether these differences
represent bias or not is still debated. This study investigates if cultural differences in test score
observed in a large organization in Quebec can be explained at all by flaws in content or empirical
bias.
4111.5 Detecting response shift bias in a low-vision rehabilitation setting, Victoria
Cunningham, University of ARizona, Egad, USA
Psychological researchers are responsible for identifying biases that could account for results that
appear to be at odds with what was expected. Response shift may explain such contradictory
results. Response shift is a change in the way individuals perceive or conceptualize constructs;
participation in a treatment can foster this change. If subjects use altered conceptualizations at
different measurement occasions, the traditional pretest0posttest self-report design may yield
misleading estimates of treatment effects. The utility of the retrospective pretest method coupled
with Rasch analysis will be examined for their ability to elucidate response shift bias using data
from a low-vision rehabilitation setting.
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