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Table 1 Demographic information of the participants in the piloting phase

From: Designing and validating a scale for evaluating the sources of unreliability of a high-stakes test

Demographic information

Frequency

Percentage

Age range

22–30

25

43.9

31–40

26

45.6

41–50

6

10.5

Gender

Male

20

35.1

Female

37

64.9

Degree

MA student

42

73.7

MA candidate

15

26.3

Major

TEFL

38

66.7

English translation studies

18

31.6

English literature

1

1.8

How to enter university at MA

Entrance exam

44

77.2

Resumea

13

22.8

Year taking the MA UEEE

2016

13

22.8

2017

10

17.5

2018

12

21.1

2019

9

15.8

2020

10

17.5

2021

3

5.3

  1. aThese participants took part in the MA UEEE, but since they were not accepted in the exam, they entered university using their resumes