{"id":1445,"date":"2012-09-26T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T08:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/blog\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2020-04-27T10:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T10:18:49","slug":"time-spent-per-question-helps-identify-cheating-question-difficulty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/news-and-updates\/time-spent-per-question-helps-identify-cheating-question-difficulty\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Spent Per Question Helps Identify Cheating &#038; Question Difficulty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2308\" title=\"time spent per question\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-spent-per-question.jpg\" alt=\"time spent per question\" width=\"220\" height=\"229\" \/>Our new time based reports in the stats page gives you a detailed report including the time spent by a learner\/s on a particular quiz question or to complete\u00a0the whole quiz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">This information helps you to detect cheating in online tests as well as understanding the difficulty level of the questions by looking at how much time students are spending on each question.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Detect_cheating_during_online_tests\"><\/span><strong>1.Detect cheating during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/quiz-school\/solutions\/test-maker-software\/\">online tests<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the ways to detect cheating is by reviewing the time spent by a learner on an entire quiz. You can then compare this to the average time spent by the learner&#8217;s group on\u00a0the same quiz . If you see a significant difference, you can dig in deeper and look at the time spent by the learner on each question. This will give you an idea of whether the learner has used unfair means to pass the test.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"For_additional_protection_you_can_also_identify_cheating_patterns_by_looking_at_IP_addresses_or_time_based_stats\"><\/span>For additional protection you can also identify cheating patterns by looking at IP addresses or time based stats.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-946\" title=\"time based quiz stats\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Question_stats_2.png\" alt=\"time based quiz stats\" width=\"600\" height=\"119\" \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2Understand_difficulty_level_of_questions\"><\/span><strong>2.Understand difficulty level of questions<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/quiz-school\/\">ProProfs Quiz Maker\u2019s<\/a> time-based question stats you can understand, how difficult or easy your quiz is, for your learners. You can look at the total time taken to complete the quiz as well as the average time taken on each question. This would give you an estimate of where students tend to spent more time thinking and if the overall difficulty and time needs of the quiz are as what you had anticipated.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Average time taken per question\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time_taken_per_question.png\" alt=\"Average time taken per question\" width=\"600\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time_taken_per_question.png 952w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time_taken_per_question-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time_taken_per_question-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time_taken_per_question-512x98.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Ensure_your_quiz_matches_your_students_learning_speed\"><\/span><strong>3. Ensure your quiz matches your student&#8217;s learning speed<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By tracking the time spent by learners on a quiz you can effectively modify your quiz to match their learning speed. If you find that the average time taken by the whole class is much higher than you expected, then you can shorten or simplify your quiz. Conversely, you can also add new question to make the quiz more challenging. \u00a0You can also quickly identify learners who are performing below average and help them improve by preparing special quizzes focusing on the areas, where they are facing difficulties.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1683\" title=\"Average time taken per question\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/average_time_taken_per_question.png\" alt=\"Average time taken per question\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With ProProfs Stats you can become a better educator and help your learners to learn better.\u00a0See <strong>ProProfs FAQ\u00a0<\/strong>section to know more about how you can view the time taken by learners on a quiz and per question or check out our time based question stats by<strong> <a title=\"Create a Quiz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/quiz-school\/create-a-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\">creating a quiz<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new time based reports in the stats page gives you a detailed report including the time spent by a learner\/s on a particular quiz question or to complete\u00a0the whole quiz. 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