The More Missingness, the Less Test-Taking Motivation? A New Analytical Method

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Social and Cultural Contexts in Learning and Instruction

Abstract

Test-taking motivation refers to the desire to perform well on a given test. In the present study, we proposed a new way to analyze test-taking motivation by directly focusing on “user missingness” using a zero-inflated Poisson model and explored the influential factors that may lead to user missingness. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 data was used as an example to illustrate this method. We selected eight representative organizations from two cultures. The results indicated that the zero-inflated Poisson model could reflect test-taking motivation. We found that the Confucian students were less likely to have user missingness irrespective of item positions compared to the Western students.

Authors

• Yuan Liu, Southwest University

• Kit-Tai Hau, Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Zheng Xin, Southwest University

• Xiaofang WANG, Shenzhen University