Exploration of the stacking ensemble machine learning algorithm for cheating detection in large-scale assessment

T Zhou, H Jiao - Educational and Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Cheating detection in large-scale assessment received considerable attention in the extant
literature. However, none of the previous studies in this line of research investigated the …

Detecting examinees with item preknowledge in large-scale testing using extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)

C Zopluoglu - Educational and psychological measurement, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers frequently use machine-learning methods in many fields. In the area of
detecting fraud in testing, there have been relatively few studies that have used these …

The detection of cheating on E-exams in higher education—the performance of several old and some new indicators

J Ranger, N Schmidt, A Wolgast - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we compare the performance of 18 indicators of cheating on e-exams in higher
education. Basis of the study was a field experiment. The experimental setting was a …

A Methodological Review of Machine Learning in Applied Linguistics.

Z Lin - English Language Teaching, 2021 - ERIC
The traditional linear regression in applied linguistics (AL) suffers from the drawbacks
arising from the strict assumptions namely: linearity, and normality, etc. More advanced …

Test security in remote testing age: perspectives from process data analytics and AI

J Hao, M Fauss - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.13699, 2024 - arxiv.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the implementation and acceptance of remotely
proctored high-stake assessments. While the flexible administration of the tests brings forth …

Transforming assessment: The impacts and implications of large language models and generative ai

J Hao, AA von Davier, V Yaneva… - … : Issues and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The remarkable strides in artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by ChatGPT, have unveiled
a wealth of opportunities and challenges in assessment. Applying cutting‐edge large …

An ensemble learning approach based on TabNet and machine learning models for cheating detection in educational tests

Y Zhen, X Zhu - Educational and Psychological …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The pervasive issue of cheating in educational tests has emerged as a paramount concern
within the realm of education, prompting scholars to explore diverse methodologies for …

An unsupervised‐learning‐based approach to compromised items detection

Y Pan, JA Wollack - Journal of Educational Measurement, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As technologies have been improved, item preknowledge has become a common concern
in the test security area. The present study proposes an unsupervised‐learning‐based …

Detecting cheating in large-scale assessment: The transfer of detectors to new tests

J Ranger, N Schmidt, A Wolgast - Educational and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent approaches to the detection of cheaters in tests employ detectors from the field of
machine learning. Detectors based on supervised learning algorithms achieve high …

Latent-variable approaches utilizing both item scores and response times to detect test fraud

S Sinharay - Open Education Studies, 2021 - degruyter.com
There is a growing interest in approaches based on latent-variable models for detecting
fraudulent behavior on educational tests. Wollack and Schoenig (2018) noted the presence …