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Direct linkSalehi, Mohammad – Language Testing in Asia, 2012
Three approaches of validation enquiry were applied on the data obtained from a proficiency test carried out with 3,398 PhD candidates as a partial requirement for entering PhD program in Iran. The data obtained from the reading section were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The EFA yielded nine factors in the reading section.…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Validity, College Entrance Examinations, Doctoral Programs
Download full textSalehi, Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2011
To investigate the construct validly of a section of a high stakes test, an exploratory factor analysis using principal components analysis was employed. The rotation used was varimax with the suppression level of 0.30. Eleven factors were extracted out of 35 reading comprehension items. The fact that these factors emerged speak to the construct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Factor Structure
Peer reviewedSalehi, Mohammad; Rezaee, Abbas Ali – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2009
The study was conducted with 3,385 participants who took an English language proficiency test as a partial requirement for entering a PhD program in different fields of education. This test has three sections which are grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension. To determine the construct validity of the test, a series of analyses were done.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Items, Construct Validity, Foreign Countries
