Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume II : Advanced Methods (Paperback)

PrefaceList of FiguresList of TablesIntroductionPart I. Advanced item response theory (IRT) models in language assessment1. Mixed Rasch modeling in assessing reading comprehension (Purya Baghaei, Christoph J. Kemper, Samuel Greif & Monique Reichert)2. Multidimensional Rasch models in first language listening tests (Christian Spoden & Jens Fleischer)3. The Log-Linear Cognitive Diagnosis Modeling (LCDM) in second language listening assessment (Tugba Elif Toprak, Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh)4. Hierarchical Diagnostic Classification Models in assessing reading comprehension (Hamdollah Ravand)Part II. Advanced statistical methods in language assessment5. Structural equation modeling in language assessment (Xuelian Zhu, Michelle Raquel & Vahid Aryadoust)6. Growth modelling using growth percentiles for longitudinal studies (Husein Taherbahi & Daeryong Seo)7. Multilevel modeling to examine sources of Variability in Second Language Test Scores (Yo In’nami & Khaled Barkaoui)8. Longitudinal Multilevel modeling to examine changes in second language test scores (Khaled Barkaoui & Yo In’nami)Part III. Nature-inspired data mining methods in language assessment 9. Classification and Regression Trees in predicting listening item difficulty (Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh)10. Evolutionary Algorithm-Based Symbolic Regression to determine the relationship of reading and lexico-grammatical knowledge (Vahid Aryadoust)Index