THE PEN‐BASED COMPUTER AS AN ALTERNATIVE PLATFORM FOR TEST ADMINISTRATION
研究比较了纸笔、笔式笔记本和键盘电脑三种测试方式，发现笔式电脑在速度测试中与纸笔测试的构念等同性更好，可能比键盘电脑更适合替代纸笔测试。
Pen‐based computers are similar to paper and pencil (P&P) tests in the method of responding, and thus, may more closely match paper and pencil administration in construct equivalence than keyboard‐entry computers. A study was conducted comparing P&P, pen‐based note‐book computer, and keyboard‐entry PC versions of two test batteries. Participants completed tests administered using different administration modes on separate days; construct equivalence was evaluated by comparing Day 1‐Day 2 correlations across conditions. Although construct equivalence was found for the power tests, differences emerged for the speeded tests. For the pen‐based computer, solid evidence of equivalence to P&P appeared for all but one of the speeded tests, whereas the keyboard PC showed borderline equivalence for only one of the three speeded tests. These findings suggested that the pen‐entry computer may be more capable than the keyboard‐entry computer in maintaining construct equivalence to P&P tests.