Test validation and cognitive psychology: some methodological considerations

1 December 1986

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Language Testing

Vol. 3 (2) , 159-185
https://doi.org/10.1177/026553228600300205

Abstract

[This article focuses on attempts to go beyond traditional methods of construct validation to introspective validation, with particular reference to the C-Test.]

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