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Barkaoui, Khaled – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article critiques traditional single-level statistical approaches (e.g., multiple regression analysis) to examining relationships between language test scores and variables in the assessment setting. It highlights the conceptual, methodological, and statistical problems associated with these techniques in dealing with multilevel or nested…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Generalizability Theory
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Lee, Yong-Won – Language Testing, 2006
A multitask speaking measure consisting of both integrated and independent tasks is expected to be an important component of a new version of the TOEFL test. This study considered two critical issues concerning score dependability of the new speaking measure: How much would the score dependability be impacted by (1) combining scores on different…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Generalizability Theory
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Zhang, Su – Language Testing, 2006
This study applied generalizability theory to investigate the contributions of persons, items, sections, and language backgrounds to the score dependability of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). I replicated and extended Brown's (1999) study of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), using data from two…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Generalizability Theory, English (Second Language), Scores