Sara Finney

Sara Finney

James Madison University

H-index: 35

North America-United States

About Sara Finney

Sara Finney, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 30 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at James Madison University, specializes in the field of Quantitative Methods, Psychometrics, Outcomes Assessment.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Priming Examinees to Give Good Effort: Differential Utility Across Gender Identity

Development and Internal Validity of the Student Opinion Scale: A Measure of Test-Taking Motivation

Examining the Question-Behavior Effect in Low-Stakes Testing Contexts: A Cheap Strategy to Increase Examinee Effort

Evaluating the effectiveness of an academic success program: Showcasing the importance of theory to practice

“I Have a Few Questions”: Reframing Assessment Practice as Asking and Answering Questions That Matter

Students’ Understanding of Assessment for Institutional Accountability and Improvement: Relation with Test-Taking Effort and Remote Test Administration

Antecedents of examinee motivation during low-stakes tests: Examining the variability in effects across different research designs

Change in Self-Reported Motivation Before to After Test Completion: Relation with Performance

Sara Finney Information

University

Position

Professor of Graduate Psychology

Citations(all)

12045

Citations(since 2020)

5547

Cited By

8516

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

30

i10Index(all)

66

i10Index(since 2020)

56

Email

University Profile Page

James Madison University

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Sara Finney Skills & Research Interests

Quantitative Methods

Psychometrics

Outcomes Assessment

Top articles of Sara Finney

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Priming Examinees to Give Good Effort: Differential Utility Across Gender Identity

Journal of Experimental Education

Sara Finney

Katarina Schaefer

Mara McFadden

2024

Development and Internal Validity of the Student Opinion Scale: A Measure of Test-Taking Motivation

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Dena A Pastor

Chris R Patterson

Sara J Finney

2023/4

Examining the Question-Behavior Effect in Low-Stakes Testing Contexts: A Cheap Strategy to Increase Examinee Effort

Educational Assessment

Sara Finney

Mara McFadden

2023

Evaluating the effectiveness of an academic success program: Showcasing the importance of theory to practice

Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry

A Pope

Sara J Finney

Morgan Crewe

2023

“I Have a Few Questions”: Reframing Assessment Practice as Asking and Answering Questions That Matter

Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry

Sara J Finney

2023

Students’ Understanding of Assessment for Institutional Accountability and Improvement: Relation with Test-Taking Effort and Remote Test Administration

Research & Practice in Assessment

Sara Finney

Dena Pastor

Shanti Silver

2023

Antecedents of examinee motivation during low-stakes tests: Examining the variability in effects across different research designs

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

Paulius Satkus

Sara Finney

2021

Change in Self-Reported Motivation Before to After Test Completion: Relation with Performance

Journal of Experimental Education

Aaron Myers

Sara Finney

2021

“What’s a good measure of that outcome?” Resources to find existing and psychometrically sound measures

Research and Practice in Assessment

Sara Finney

Gabriel Gilmore

Sarah Alahmadi

2021

Does It Matter if Examinee Motivation Is Measured Before or After a Low-Stakes Test? A Moderated Mediation Analysis

Educational Assessment

Aaron Myers

Sara Finney

2021

Between- versus Within-Examinee Variability in Test-Taking Effort and Test Emotions during a Low-Stakes Test

Applied Measurement in Education

Beth Perkins

Dena Pastor

Sara Finney

2021

The credibility of inferences from program effectiveness studies published in student affairs journals: Potential impact on programming and assessment.

Research and Practice in Assessment

S.J. Horst

Sara Finney

Caroline Prendergast

Andrea Pope

Morgan Crewe

2021

A more efficient path to learning improvement: Using repositories of effectiveness studies to guide evidence-informed programming

Research & Practice in Assessment

Sara Finney

Holly Buchanan

2021

The Effect of Perceived Test Importance and Examinee Emotions on Expended Effort during A Low-Stakes Test: A Longitudinal Panel Model

Educational Assessment

Sara Finney

Paulius Satkus

Beth Perkins

2020

Elevating program theory and implementation fidelity in higher education: Modeling the process via an ethical reasoning curriculum

Research & Practice in Assessment

Kristen Smith

Sara Finney

2020

Examining the simultaneous change in emotions during a test: Relations with expended effort and test performance

International Journal of Testing

Sara Finney

Beth Perkins

Paulius Satkus

2020

Examining the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of Test Emotions Across Testing Platform, Gender, and Time

Assessment

Nicholas M Morelli

Damian Elson

Jacqueline B Duong

Meghan C Evans

Miguel T Villodas

2021/7

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Co-Authors

H-index: 63
Steven W. Evans

Steven W. Evans

Ohio University

H-index: 34
Kenn Barron

Kenn Barron

James Madison University

H-index: 33
Matthew T. McCrudden

Matthew T. McCrudden

Penn State University

H-index: 28
Amanda J. Fairchild

Amanda J. Fairchild

University of South Carolina

H-index: 15
Dena Pastor

Dena Pastor

James Madison University

H-index: 14
Keston Fulcher

Keston Fulcher

James Madison University

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