Premature Evaluation Closure Under Interface-Limited Assessment: A Minimal Synthetic Stress Test on Latent-to-Manifest Response Gaps

Key Points

• The study aims to evaluate how closure in assessment methods impacts the understanding of latent structures.
• Conducted a controlled synthetic evaluation stress test
• Assessed response gaps under different admissible interfaces
• Used closure as a methodological concept in evaluation
• Non-manifest responses did not imply an absence of latent structures across different interfaces.
• Confirmed the presence of latent structures despite limited assessment methods.