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Table 2 Suggested thresholds based on the guidelines for using response behaviors to decide threshold size

From: Enhancing response time thresholds with response behaviors for detecting disengaged examinees

Item

Threshold size (in seconds)

Reason

CD item 1

40

The proportion of behaviors to provide a response started to increase

CD item 2

10

Proportion of the “no action” group sharply declined

CD item 3

20

The proportion of behaviors to provide a response started to increase

Star item 1

20

Proportion of the “no action” group sharply declined

More examinees started to perform various type of available behaviors

Star item 2

20

The proportion of behaviors to provide a response became almost similar between disengaged and engaged

Star item 3

20

Proportion of the “no action” group sharply declined

The proportion of behaviors to provide a response started to increase

Star item 4

20

Proportion of the “no action” group sharply declined

The proportion of behaviors to provide a response started to increase

  1. One or more instances in the guidelines can be observed for an item. When two consecutive thresholds indicated similar results, we chose the smaller threshold