TITLE:
Does Cognitive Interference Induce Measurement Bias in Cognitive Ability Tests?
AUTHORS:
Georgia Papantoniou, Despina Moraitou, Dimitra Filippidou, Effie Katsadima, Magda Dinou
KEYWORDS:
Cognitive Ability Tests, Cognitive Interference, Measurement Bias
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
20,
2017
ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper was to test for measurement bias, due to cognitive interference on cognitive ability tests, using a structural equation modeling technique. The sample consisted of 231 undergraduate students who were examined with three tests addressed to numerical ability, space visualization and inductive ability, respectively. They were also asked to respond to the Cognitive Interference Questionnaire tapping task-oriented worries while working on the aforementioned tests. In comparing two nested models, one hypothesizing measurement bias due to cognitive interference and one not, results show that the test tapping inductive ability displays measurement bias due to cognitive interference.