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Factor Analysis of the Test of English as a Foreign Language for Several Language Groups. TOEFL Research Reports, 6.

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Swinton, Spencer S.; Powers, Donald E. – 1980

A factor analytic study of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was undertaken to determine the component abilities that underlie performance on the test for several major language groups: African, Arabic, Chinese (non-Taiwanese), Farsi, Germanic, Japanese, and Spanish. Evidence was found that three major factors underlie performance…

Descriptors: Arabs, Educational Research, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis

Inter- and Intra- Test Correlates of the TOEFL.

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Hosley, Deborah; Meredith, Keith – TESOL Quarterly, 1979

This study provides validity information for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) by examining some of its inter- and intra-test correlates. (CFM)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students, Higher Education