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Direct linkGilks, Peter J. – Language Testing in Asia, 2014
The aim of this study was to determine whether large variations in the pass rates of different versions of the Taiwanese tour guides' English test were due to inherent differences in the difficulty of the tests. Rasch analysis software was used to measure the difficulty of all items on the 2009 and 2013 versions. It was found that the ability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, Guides, Language Tests
