Scores on a Yes-No Vocabulary Test: Correction for Guessing and Response Style.

Huibregtse, Ineke; Admiraal, Wilfried; Meara, Paul

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ERIC Number: EJ648958

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Publication Date: 2002

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Scores on a Yes-No Vocabulary Test: Correction for Guessing and Response Style.

Huibregtse, Ineke; Admiraal, Wilfried; Meara, Paul

Language Testing, v19 n3 p227-45 Jul 2002

Discusses how to tackle the problem of determining a meaningful score for yes-no tests used to measure the size of receptive vocabulary. Signal Detection Theory is applied, and a new more accurate index is suggested. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Receptive Language, Scores, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Testing, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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