这是作者为英语教师撰写的语言测试课程的教材,主要介绍语言测试中常用的统计知识和技术,非常实用。语言测试作为一门学科发展很快,虽然本书出版于1987年,但是书中内容对于我国英语教师以及从事语言测试开发的人来说仍然非常有用。
本书用深入浅出的语言介绍了语言测试中常用的统计方法和手段,读者只需具备基本的教学知识即可掌握书中内容,因此非常实用。

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Preface
CHAPTER 1 Language Measurement:Its Purposes,Its Types,Its Evaluation
1.1 Purposes of Language Tests
1.2 Types of Language Tests
1.3 Evaluation of Tests
1.4 Summary/Exercises
CHAPTER 2 Measurement Scales
2.1 What Is a Measurement Scale?
2.2 What Are the Major Sategories
2.3 Questionnaires and Attitude Scales
2.4 Scale Transformations
2.5 Summary/Exercises
CHAPTER 3 Data Management in Measurement
3.1 Scoring
3.2 Coding
3.3 Arranging and Grouping of Test Data
3.4 Summary/Exercises
CHAPTER 4 Item Analysis:Item Uniqueness
4.1 Avoiding Problems at the Item-Writing Stage
4.2 Appropriate Distractor Selection
4.3 Item Difficulty
4.4 Item Discriminability
4.5 Item Variability
4.6 Distractor Tallies
4.7 Summary/Exercises
CHAPTER 5 Item and Test Relatedness
CHAPTER 6 Language Test Reliability
CHAPTER 7 Test Validity
CHAPTER 8 Latent Trait Measurement
CHAPTER 9 Item Banking,Machine Construction of Tests,and Computer Adaptive Testing
CHAPTER 10 Evaluation of Language Instruction Programs
Bibliography
Appendix A:Tables
Appendix B:Answers to Questions
Appendix C:Glossary
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