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Peer reviewedRyan, Katherine E.; Bachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 1992
The extent to which items from the Test of English as a Foreign Language and the First Certificate in English function differently for test-takers of equal ability from different native language and curricular backgrounds was investigated. Results suggest a need for methods like logistic regression to examine nonuniform differential item…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Tests
