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Language Testing in Asia

Table 14 Overall response patterns by section and comparison of means

From: The number of options in multiple choice items in language tests: does it make any difference? Evidence from Thailand

 

Structure

Reading

tstat

A

2.58%

3.67%

−1.549

B

1.60%

1.92%

−0.661

C

9.80%

9.54%

0.329

D

12.62%

12.83%

−0.244

E

12.31%

7.02%

6.914***

F

2.28%

5.98%

−6.227***

G

13.46%

26.75%

−13.093***

H

22.99%

21.22%

1.605

J

18.76%

9.38%

9.927***

K

2.13%

0.66%

5.187***

L

1.47%

0.82%

2.542*

N

0.00%

0.05%

−1.000

O

0.00%

0.11%

−1.419

P

0.00%

0.05%

−1.000

  1. t test: two-tailed, paired sample.
  2. *significant at p < 0.05
  3. ***significant at p < 0.001;
  4. df = 151 (t test based on comparison of individual subjects’ response patterns. Figures for reading adjusted by 39/12 to allow for number of items in each section).
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