Quantitative data analysis for language assessment / edited by Vahid Aryadoust and Michelle Raquel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aryadoust, Vahid, editor.

Raquel, Michelle, editor.

Series:

Routledge Research in Language Education

Routledge research in language education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Ability testing--Data processing.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Data processing.

Second language acquisition.

Competency-based educational tests.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019-

Contents:

Volume I. Fundamental Techniques. Item analysis in language assessment / Rita Green

Univariate generalizability theory in language assessment / Yasuyo Sawaki and Xiaoming Xi

Multivariate generalizability theory in language assessment / Kirby C. Grabowski and Rongchan Lin

Applying rasch measurement in language assessment: unidimensionality and local independence / Jason Fan and Trevor Bond

The rasch measurement approach to differential item functioning (DIF) analysis in language assessment research / Michelle Raquel

Application of the rating scale model and the partial credit model in language assessment research / Ikkyu Choi

Many-facet Rasch measurement : implications for rater-mediated language assessment / Thomas Eckes

Analysis of differences between groups : the t-test and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in language assessment / Tugba Elif Toprak

Application of ANCOVA and MANCOVA in language assessment research / Zhi Li and Michelle Y. Chen

Application of linear regression in language assessment / Daeryong Seo and Husein Taherbhai

Application of exploratory factor analysis in language assessment / Limei Zhang and Wenshu Luo.

Volume II. Advanced methods. Advanced item response theory (IRT) models in language assessment

Mixed rasch modeling in assessing reading comprehension / Purya Baghaei, Christoph J. Kemper, Samuel Greif & Monique Reichert

Multidimensional rasch models in first language listening tests / Christian Spoden & Jens Fleischer

The log-linear cognitive diagnosis modeling (LCDM) in second language listening assessment / Elif Toprak, Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh

Hierarchical diagnostic classification models in assessing reading comprehension / Hamdollah Ravand

Advanced statistical methods in language assessment

Structural equation modeling in language assessment / Xuelian Zhu, Vahid Aryadoust & Michelle Raquel

Growth modelling using growth percentiles for longitudinal studies / Daeryong Seo & Husein Taherbahi

Multilevel modeling to examine sources of variability in second language test scores / Yo Innami & Khaled Barkaoui

Longitudinal multilevel modeling to examine changes in second language test scores / Khaled Barkaoui & Yo Innami

Nature-inspired data mining methods in language assessment

Classification and regression trees in predicting listening item difficulty / Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh

Evolutionary algorithm-based symbolic regression to determine the relationship of reading and lexico-grammatical knowledge / Vahid Aryadoust.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138733121

1138733121

9781138733145

1138733148

OCLC:

1090710283