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![Maroon frame contains gold quotation marks on the upper left and lower right corners with gold wording centered at the top "Ed Psych Quote of the Week". At the bottom, Rios & Deng (2021) is cited as the author. The quote inside the frame reads: “Given that coefficient α can be inflated when a large percentage of examinees engage in RG [rapid guessing] on the same items, it is recommended that practitioners examine the item characteristic correlates of RG for their assessment context…. Additionally, test developers could attempt to mitigate RG prior to its occurrence by reducing the cognitive demands required for a given item or set of items…. by limiting the number of open-ended response items, tailoring the difficulty of an item to an examinee’s ability level, so that the item is neither too easy or difficult, and writing item content that is likely to be of interest to examinees”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCJ95m_XsAAYzuy.jpg?name=small&format=webp)
ALT Maroon frame contains gold quotation marks on the upper left and lower right corners with gold wording centered at the top "Ed Psych Quote of the Week". At the bottom, Rios & Deng (2021) is cited as the author. The quote inside the frame reads: “Given that coefficient α can be inflated when a large percentage of examinees engage in RG [rapid guessing] on the same items, it is recommended that practitioners examine the item characteristic correlates of RG for their assessment context…. Additionally, test developers could attempt to mitigate RG prior to its occurrence by reducing the cognitive demands required for a given item or set of items…. by limiting the number of open-ended response items, tailoring the difficulty of an item to an examinee’s ability level, so that the item is neither too easy or difficult, and writing item content that is likely to be of interest to examinees”















