Implicational Scaling of Reading Comprehension Construct: Is it Deterministic or Probabilistic?
In English as a Second Language Teaching and Testing situations, it is common to infer about learners’ reading ability based on his or her total score on a reading test. This assumes the unidimensional and reproducible nature of reading items. However, few researches have been conducted to probe the...
Main Authors: | Parisa Daftarifard, Agustin Tristán |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
2016-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Applied Linguistics |
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Online Access: | http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_526525_881b0646e56382445b050214d3608f5e.pdf |
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