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Min, Shangchao; Cai, Hongwen; He, Lianzhen – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
The present study examined the performance of the bi-factor multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) model and higher-order (HO) cognitive diagnostic models (CDM) in providing diagnostic information and general ability estimation simultaneously in a listening test. The data used were 1,611 examinees' item-level responses to an in-house EFL…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Ockey, Gary J.; Choi, Ikkyu – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
Studies that use structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques are increasingly encountered in the language assessment literature. This popularity has created the need for a set of guidelines that can indicate what should be included in a research report and make it possible for research consumers to judge the appropriateness of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Structural Equation Models, Language Tests, Guidelines
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Lee, Yong-Won; Sawaki, Yasuyo – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2009
A variety of cognitive diagnosis approaches (CDAs) have been used by researchers to extract fine-grained information about the linguistic knowledge states and skill mastery levels of test takers based on their performance on language tests. Although some of these approaches have been in use in the psychometric community for quite some time, many…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Identification, Psychometrics, Cognitive Processes