Unproctored Internet-Based Tests of Cognitive Ability and Personality: Magnitude of Cheating and Response Distortion

Malfeasant behaviors on tests may takeone of two forms—cheating or response distortion. Cheating is associated with ability and knowledge tests, and response distortion is associated with noncognitive/personality measures. Pursuant to the cheating and response distortion-related questions posed by Tippins (2009), the objective of the present article is to present a summary of the pertinent results of a study (i.e., Arthur, Glaze, Villado, & Taylor, 2008) that was designed to (a) investigate the efficacy of using a speeded test format to address concerns about cheating on an unproctored Internetbased cognitive ability test and (b) document the extent to which the magnitude of response distortion on two unproctored Internet testing (UIT) personality measures was similar to or different from that reported for proctored personality measures in the extant literature.