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Evidence for Unique Articulatory and Auditory Dimensions in ESL Data.

Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1985

A study was carried on to analyze a data set in order to determine whether evidence can be found to support or refute the unitary factor hypothesis of language proficiency, which asserts that there is a single language dimension or factor underlying different language tests. The subjects were 50 advanced adult learners of English as a second…

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Data Interpretation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

A Percentile Regression Model for the Number of Errors in Group Conversation Tests.

Liski, Erkki P.; Puntanen, Simo – 1985

A statistical model is presented for analyzing the results of group conversation tests in English, developed in a Finnish university study from 1977 to 1981. The model is illustrated with the findings from the study. In this study, estimates of percentile curves for the number of errors are of greater interest than the mean regression line. It was…

Descriptors: Data Interpretation, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries