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Ha, Hye Seung – English Teaching, 2019
Lexical richness makes an important contribution to L2 writing quality. To explore its importance, the study aims to identify and explain how lexical richness manifests in argumentative essays written in the final exam of reading and writing class by thirty-five undergraduates. The lexical richness consists of four interrelated elements: lexical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Vocabulary Skills, Language Usage, Writing Skills
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Wang, Jianjun – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993
Test misgrading is treated as a stochastic process. The expected number of misgradings, inter-occurrence time of misgradings, and waiting time for the "n"th misgrading are discussed based on a simple Poisson model and a hierarchical Beta-Poisson model. Examples of model construction are given. (SLD)
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods, Grading, Measurement Techniques
DeMauro, Gerald E. – 1992
The feasibility of using linear and equipercentile equating methods (W. H. Angoff, 1984) to equate forms of the Test of Written English (TWE) by using the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as an anchor was explored. These two equating methods assume that either the TOEFL test and TWE test measure the same skills or that the examinee…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods, Test Format