Language Testing in Asia

Table 4 EFA three-factor loadings 2006–2008

From: Developing evidence for a validity argument for an English placement exam from multi-year test performance data

	2006			2007			2008
	Factor			Factor			Factor
	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
G1	.593	.424	.152	.673	.284	.196	.666	.219	.293
G2	.945	.105	.128	.963	.160	.120	.963	.166	.122
R1	.049	.783	.223	-.022	.833	.190	.212	.826	.028
R2	.053	.741	.320	.392	.677	.113	.404	.678	.100
LD	.094	.314	.804	.112	.290	.808	.095	.320	.802
LS	.085	.307	.800	.084	.306	.805	.098	.338	.788
LA	.126	.133	.830	.075	.149	.818	.094	.159	.815

*Bolded numbers represent high loadings

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