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assessment.On the appointed day of a test administration, testtakers may vary on a continuum with respect to numerous variables, including: 1.The extent to which they are predisposed to agreeing or disagreeing when pre-sented with stimulus statements 8.The amount of test anxiety they are experiencing and the degree to which that test anxiety might significantly affect the test results 2.The extent to which they understand and agree with the rationale for the assessment 3.Their capacity and willingness to cooperate with the examiner or to understand written test instructions 4.

assessment. On the appointed day of a test administration, testtakers may vary on a continuum with respect to numerous variables, including:

1. The amount of test anxiety they are experiencing and the degree to which that test anxiety might significantly affect the test results


2. The extent to which they understand and agree with the rationale for the assessment


3. Their capacity and willingness to cooperate with the examiner or to understand written test instructions


4. The amount of physical pain or emotional distress they are experiencing


5. The amount of physical discomfort brought on by not having had enough to eat, having had too much to eat, or other physical conditions


6. The extent to which they are alert and wide awake


7. The extent to which they are predisposed to agreeing or disagreeing when pre-sented with stimulus statements


8. The extent to which they have received prior coaching


9. The importance they may attribute to portraying themselves in a good (or bad) light


10. The extent to which they are, for lack of a better term, “lucky” and can “beat the odds” on a multiple-choice achievement test (even though they may not have learned the subject matter)