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Language Testing in Asia

Table 3 Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, range) for advanced and basic word tests, grade point average and IELTS writing scores, N = 70

From: Recognition vocabulary knowledge as a predictor of academic performance in an English as a foreign language setting

 

Ma

SD

Range

Advanced word

    

Accuracy

35.96

12.05

8.93

58.93

Response timeb

1590

371

946

3200

False alarm rate

23.70

13.46

3.57

60.71

Basic word

    

Accuracy

53.23

15.83

8.33

80.95

Response time

1571

372

909

3120

False alarm rate

22.57

11.03

3.57

50.00

IELTS writing

5.18

.86

3.50

7.00

Grade point average

2.79

.55

1.00

3.70

  1. a Corrected for guessing score, proportion of yes responses to words (hits) minus proportion of yes responses to nonwords (false alarms).
  2. b Milliseconds (msc).
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