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Multiple Dichotomous-Scored Items in Second Language Testing: Investigating the Multiple True-False Item Type under Norm-Referenced Conditions
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Dudley, Albert – Language Testing, 2006
This study examined the multiple true-false (MTF) test format in second language testing by comparing multiple-choice (MCQ) and multiple true-false (MTF) test formats in two language areas of general English: vocabulary and reading. Two counter-balanced experimental designs--one for each language area--were examined in terms of the number of MCQ…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Test Format, Validity, Testing
Comparative Analyses of English as a Second Language Reading Comprehension Data: Classical Test Theory and Latent Trait Measurement.
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Perkins, Kyle; Miller, Leah D. – Language Testing, 1984
Describes a study which submitted data from a multiple-choice English as a second language reading comprehension test to classical test theory item analysis and latent trait measurement. The purpose was to identify weak items and to compare the number of weak items indicated by the two different approaches. (SED)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Latent Trait Theory, Reading Comprehension