Data and Code for: Anxiety, Test-Taking Aid, and Test Scores: Evidence from Economics Classes

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Colin Cannonier, Belmont University and GLO; Monica Galloway Burke, Western Kentucky University

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Project Citation: 

Cannonier, Colin, and Burke, Monica Galloway. Data and Code for: Anxiety, Test-Taking Aid, and Test Scores: Evidence from Economics Classes. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-04-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E190241V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Using data collected over five years for an introductory economics course, this study investigates the relationship between anxiety, test-taking aid, and test performance.  The results show that test aid is associated with a 0.21 standard deviation increase in test scores.  Although anxiety decreases test performance, accounting for anxiety does not eliminate the significant impact of test aid.  The positive impact of test aid has heterogeneous effects.  Test aids play a moderating role in reducing unwanted stress while maintaining test integrity.  Our results suggest that the effect of high anxiety may have implications for a student’s academic trajectory. 

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Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Economics; undergraduate students; test scores; anxiety; test-taking aid
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      A20 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: General
      A22 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Undergraduate
      A29 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Other
      I10 Health: General
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2015 – 2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Undergraduate students at an institution of higher education in southern United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate above 90%
Sampling:  View help for Sampling clustered sampling design
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation student tests
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit students

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