The Relationship of Test Anxiety and Answer-Changing Behavior: An Analysis by Race and Sex
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance
- Vol. 16 (4) , 205-210
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00256307.1984.12022358
Abstract
Answer changing on an eighth-grade aggregate science achievement collection of 134 items was examined by race and sex in relation to test anxiety. No sex differences in answer changing were noted; Black students, however, were found to make significantly more total changes, including wrong to wrong and right to wrong. The only significant correlations were for White males, the total White student group, the total male group, and the total student group. Significantly higher test anxiety scores were found for Black and female students.Keywords
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