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Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment : Workbook and CD-ROM / Lyle F. Bachman and Antony J. Kunnan.

By: Bachman, Lyle F, 1944- | University of California.
Contributor(s): Kunnan, Antony John | California State University.
Series: The Cambridge Language Assessment Series. Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: ix, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).ISBN: 0521609062 (pbk); 9780521609067 (pbk).Subject(s): Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Statistical methods | Language and languages -- Ability testing | Applied linguistics -- Statistical methodsOnline resources: Publisher's Website. | Textbook. | Check the uOttawa Library catalog.
Contents:
Preface
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. Hypothesis testing and statistical inference
8. Tests of statistical significance
9. Investigating validity
10. Reporting and interpreting test results
Summary: " Statistical concepts and procedures are mastered most effectively through practice. This workbook and CD-ROM to accompany Lyle F. Bachman's Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment offers activities to parallel the chapters in the main text, providing readers with opportunities to practise the calculations using datasets from language research." (Book Cover)
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CD-ROM contains answers to exercises in the workbook, sample data sets, SPSS programs, and descriptions of the data sets.

Includes index.

Preface

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. Hypothesis testing and statistical inference

8. Tests of statistical significance

9. Investigating validity

10. Reporting and interpreting test results

" Statistical concepts and procedures are mastered most effectively through practice. This workbook and CD-ROM to accompany Lyle F. Bachman's Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment offers activities to parallel the chapters in the main text, providing readers with opportunities to practise the calculations using datasets from language research." (Book Cover)

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98, or higher.

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