Statistical analyses for language testers

Provides a step-by-step approach to the most useful statistical analyses for language test developers and researchers using IBM SPSS, Winsteps and Facets. It contains clearly-worked out examples for each analysis with detailed explanations.

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Main Authors: Green, Rita
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137018298
Summary: Provides a step-by-step approach to the most useful statistical analyses for language test developers and researchers using IBM SPSS, Winsteps and Facets. It contains clearly-worked out examples for each analysis with detailed explanations.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137018281, 2013.
Carrier Form: 328 p. : 100 figures.
ISBN: 9781137018274
9781137018298
1137018291
CLC: H09
Contents: Foreword-- J. Charles Alderson 1. Data Entry 2. Checking and Correcting Data Files 3. Item Analysis 4. Descriptive Statistics 5. Analysing Test Taker Feedback 6. Comparing Performance I: Means, Scatterplots and Correlations 7. Comparing Performance II: Parametric and Non-Parametric Analyses 8. Comparing Performance III: ANOVA 9. Factor Analysis 10. Creating a Control File and Convergence Table 11. Analysing the Convergence Table and Variable Map 12. Item and Person Statistics 13. Distracter Analysis 14. Creating and Running a Specifications File 15. Analysing the Iteration Report and Vertica