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Jing Lu¹, Chun Wang², Ningzhong Shi¹

¹Key Laboratory of Applied Statistics of MOE, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China.

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Summary

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This study introduces a new model to detect rapid guessing and cheating behaviors in standardized tests. It also accounts for item nonresponses, improving accuracy in test analysis.

Keywords:

Mixture model aberrant behaviors not-reached and omitted items response time data

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Area of Science:

Psychometrics
Educational Measurement
Data Science

Background:

Standardized tests often involve time limits, leading to varied examinee behaviors.
Item nonresponses (omitted or not-reached) are common and related to latent abilities.
Distinguishing between normal and aberrant behaviors like rapid guessing and cheating is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an innovative mixture response time process model.
To detect rapid guessing and cheating behaviors in examinees.
To account for not-reached and omitted item nonresponses.

Main Methods:

A two-stage approach combining existing models (Wang et al., 2018; Lu & Wang, 2020).
Stage 1: Fitting a mixture response time process model to responses and response times.
Stage 2: Employing a Bayesian residual index to differentiate aberrant behaviors.

Main Results:

Simulation results demonstrate accurate item and person parameter estimation.
The proposed method shows high detection rates for aberrant behaviors.
The model effectively accounts for the missing data mechanism.

Conclusions:

The novel two-stage model accurately identifies aberrant behaviors and handles item nonresponses.
This method offers improved accuracy in standardized test analysis.
The approach has practical applications in real-world data analysis.