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Doubts on the Validity of Correlation as a Validation Tool in Second Language Testing Research: The Case of Cloze Testing
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Sadeghi, Karim – Language Testing in Asia, 2013
The statistical analysis technique of correlation has extensively been used in second/foreign language testing research for a variety of purposes. Most commonly, the technique has been used to validate newly constructed language tests (particularly cloze tests) against previous supposedly valid measures. Tests such validated are meant to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Correlation, Second Language Learning, Test Validity