The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy test
This study explores the stability or consistency across several administrations of a test designed to determine academic literacy levels. The reliability of two versions (one English, the other Afrikaans) of such a test used for placement purposes at three South African universities will first be a...
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University of the Free State
2008-01-01
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| author | Albert Weideman Frans van der Slik |
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This study explores the stability or consistency across several administrations of a test designed to determine academic literacy levels. The reliability of two versions (one English, the other Afrikaans) of such a test used for placement purposes at three South African universities will first be analysed. Secondly, the number of potential misclassifications on the test is assessed (ie the extent to which the test does not measure fairly). Thirdly, the differences among the results of the various administrations of the test are explored, with a view to es-tablishing whether such differences are both significant and relevant.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8845fc8beff45cea9b938a361f5901e2025-08-19T23:39:40ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792008-01-01401The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy testAlbert Weideman0Frans van der Slik1University of PretoriaUniversity of Pretoria This study explores the stability or consistency across several administrations of a test designed to determine academic literacy levels. The reliability of two versions (one English, the other Afrikaans) of such a test used for placement purposes at three South African universities will first be analysed. Secondly, the number of potential misclassifications on the test is assessed (ie the extent to which the test does not measure fairly). Thirdly, the differences among the results of the various administrations of the test are explored, with a view to es-tablishing whether such differences are both significant and relevant. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1166 |
| spellingShingle | Albert Weideman Frans van der Slik The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy test |
| title | The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy test |
| title_full | The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy test |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy test |
| title_short | The stability of test design: measuring differences in performance across several administrations of an academic literacy test |
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