Device‐type effects on cognitive tests appear to covary with whether unproctored internet‐based test (UIT) scores were obtained operationally or nonoperationally. The present study examined whether the testing environment and distractions therein—one of three contextual factors identified as plausible explanations—accounts for this covariation. Four‐hundred and twenty‐five college students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions which differed by the testing environment and device used to complete a cognitive test. Test scores did not differ between conditions despite greater distractions reported by those who tested in the distracting environment. Results were replicated within‐study, and suggest that the self‐selection and testing‐stakes hypotheses warrant subsequent empirical examination as explanations for the differences in device‐type effects observed in operational and nonoperational settings.

中文翻译：

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该测试环境可解释基于互联网的未经授权的测试设备类型的影响

设备类型对认知测验的影响似乎与是否通过操作或非操作获得基于互联网的未经控制的测验（UIT）分数无关。本研究检查了测试环境和其中的干扰因素（被确定为合理的解释的三个上下文因素之一）是否解释了这种协变。425名大学生被随机分配到三个条件之一，这三个条件因测试环境和用于完成认知测试的设备而异。尽管在分散注意力的环境中进行测试的人分散了注意力，但测试成绩在不同条件下没有差异。结果在研究中重复进行，