Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume I : Fundamental Techniques (Paperback)

PrefaceList of figuresList of tablesPrefaceEditor and contributor biographiesIntroductionSection I Test development, reliability, and generalizability1. Item analysis in language assessment (Rita Green)2. Univariate generalizability theory in language assessment (Yasuyo Sawaki and Xiaoming Xi) 3. Multivariate generalizability theory in language assessment (Kirby C. Grabowski and Rongchan Lin)Section II Undimensional Rasch measurement4. Applying Rasch measurement in language assessment: Unidimensionality and local independence (Jason Fan and Trevor Bond)5. The Rasch Measurement Approach to Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis in language assessment research (Michelle Raquel)6. Application of the Rating Scale Model and the Partial Credit Model in language assessment research (Ikkyu Choi)7. Many-Facet Rasch Measurement: Implications for rater-mediated language assessment (Thomas Eckes)Section III Unvariate and multivariate statistical analysis8. Analysis of differences between groups: the t-test and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in language assessment (Tu?ba Elif Toprak)9. Application of ANCOVA and MANCOVA in language assessment research (Zhi Li and Michelle Y. Chen)10. Application of linear regression in language assessment (Daeryong Seo and Husein Taherbhai)11. Application of exploratory factor analysis in language assessment (Limei Zhang and Wenshu Luo)Index