A Comparison of Ethnic, Sex and Age Bias in the Predictive Validity of English Language Aptitude Tests: Some Israeli Data.

Zeidner, Moshe

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Publication Date: 1987

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A Comparison of Ethnic, Sex and Age Bias in the Predictive Validity of English Language Aptitude Tests: Some Israeli Data.

Zeidner, Moshe

Language Testing, v4 n1 p55-71 Jun 1987

Analysis of the English language aptitude test scores of 824 full-time Jewish students studying at a major Israeli university evidenced both slope and intercept bias by ethnicity (Western or Oriental), and by gender, tending significantly to overpredict or underpredict students' first-year cumulative grade point averages. (31 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Culture Fair Tests, English (Second Language), Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Higher Education, Language Tests, Predictive Validity, Second Language Learning, Sex Differences, Test Bias, Test Validity, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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