The Impact of Test Time and Question Order on Answer Rate and Correct Answer Rate in Japanese Language Placement Tests

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  • 日本語プレイスメントテストにおける試験時間と出題順が解答率と正答率に及ぼす影響
  • ニホンゴ プレイスメントテスト ニ オケル シケン ジカン ト シュツダイジュン ガ カイトウリツ ト セイ トウリツ ニ オヨボス エイキョウ

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<p>With the goal of discovering a more effective method of implementing a language placement test conducted in “Introduction to Japanese Literacy,” a first-year course offered at the participating school, the authors examined how test time and question order impacted answer rate and correct answer rate using test results from approximately 1,900 students. Based on the results of previous studies conducted by the authors, it was suggested that test time and question order for the subject being examined could have an effect on test results. Accordingly, subjects were divided into a total of four groups comprised of two groups with test times of twenty minutes and thirty minutes, respectively, and two groups for whom questions were set in the “proper” order and in the reverse order, respectively, after which the answer rates and correct answer rates for each group were analyzed. As a result, it became clear that it was appropriate to allow a test time of thirty minutes with questions given in the proper.</p>

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