Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests
Local item dependence (LID) is one of the most critical assumption in the Rasch model when it comes to the validity of a test. As the field of vocabulary assessment is calling for more clarity and validity for vocabulary tests, such assumption becomes more important than ever. The article offers a R...
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| description | Local item dependence (LID) is one of the most critical assumption in the Rasch model when it comes to the validity of a test. As the field of vocabulary assessment is calling for more clarity and validity for vocabulary tests, such assumption becomes more important than ever. The article offers a Rasch-based investigation into the issue of LID with the focus on the two popular formats of Vocabulary Levels Tests (VLT): multiple-choice and matching. A Listening Vocabulary Levels Test (LVLT) and an Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (UVLT) were given to a single cohort of 311 university students in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The analyses of raw score and standardized residuals correlations were conducted. The findings found no relationship between the 4-option, multiple-choice format of the LVLT and item local dependence. However, results from score and standardized residuals correlations analyses showed a strong link between the 3-item-per-cluster, matching format and item local dependence. The study calls for greater attention to the format of future vocabulary tests and support the use of meaning-recall formats in vocabulary testing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-027d7f371a9342b4a4478f93fb0625bc2022-12-21T23:43:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-01-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.805450805450Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels TestsHung Tan HaLocal item dependence (LID) is one of the most critical assumption in the Rasch model when it comes to the validity of a test. As the field of vocabulary assessment is calling for more clarity and validity for vocabulary tests, such assumption becomes more important than ever. The article offers a Rasch-based investigation into the issue of LID with the focus on the two popular formats of Vocabulary Levels Tests (VLT): multiple-choice and matching. A Listening Vocabulary Levels Test (LVLT) and an Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (UVLT) were given to a single cohort of 311 university students in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The analyses of raw score and standardized residuals correlations were conducted. The findings found no relationship between the 4-option, multiple-choice format of the LVLT and item local dependence. However, results from score and standardized residuals correlations analyses showed a strong link between the 3-item-per-cluster, matching format and item local dependence. The study calls for greater attention to the format of future vocabulary tests and support the use of meaning-recall formats in vocabulary testing.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.805450/fullvocabulary levels testraschlocal independencemultiple-choicematching |
| spellingShingle | Hung Tan Ha Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests Frontiers in Psychology vocabulary levels test rasch local independence multiple-choice matching |
| title | Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests |
| title_full | Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests |
| title_fullStr | Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests |
| title_short | Test Format and Local Dependence of Items Revisited: A Case of Two Vocabulary Levels Tests |
| title_sort | test format and local dependence of items revisited a case of two vocabulary levels tests |
| topic | vocabulary levels test rasch local independence multiple-choice matching |
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