Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment Book

This book enables practitioners to apply statistics effectively to the development and use of language assessments.

Lyle F. Bachman (Author)

9780521003285, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 November 2004

380 pages
23.2 x 15.6 x 0.8 cm, 1.22 kg

This book enables practitioners to apply statistics effectively to the development and use of language assessments. The Workbook and CD contain datasets from actual language assessments and data analysis exercises.

1 Basic concepts and terms 2 Describing test scores 3 Investigating relationships among different sets of test scores 4 Analyzing test tasks 5 Investigating reliability for norm-referenced tests 6 Investigating reliability for criterion-referenced tests 7 Stating hypotheses and making statistical inferences 8 Tests of statistical significance 9 Investigating validity 10 Reporting and interpreting test scores

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]