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Peer reviewedAdams, Raymond J.; And Others – Language Testing, 1987
Classical test theory and correlational techniques such as factor analysis have been unable to deal with many language tests' measurement problems. The Partial Credit Model, a latent trait model for the analysis of data scored in ordered categories, is used to construct and analyze an oral interview test of English as a Second Language. (28…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
