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A concurrent validity study of an ESL indirect measure of writing
Author(s) -
Perkins Kyle,
Brutten Sheila R.,
Dare Donna E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/j.1473-4192.1991.tb00011.x
Subject(s) - paragraph , measure (data warehouse) , concurrent validity , psychology , sentence , anagram , sample (material) , natural language processing , computer science , psychometrics , developmental psychology , data mining , chemistry , management , chromatography , world wide web , economics , internal consistency , task (project management)
This study reports a concurrent validity study of an ESL indirect measure of writing based on an information‐processing approach. The indirect measure consisted of anagram‐solving, word‐reordering, sentence‐reordering, and paragraph‐assembly tests. The criterion measure was a direct, holistic measure of writing. Stepwise multiple regression results and a disattenuated validity coefficient indicated that the experimental indirect measure did not exhibit concurrent validity for the sample of writers examined in the study. Directions for future research are discussed.