Language Testing in Asia

Table 5 EFA three-factor loadings 2009–2011

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

	2009			2010			2011
	Factor			Factor			Factor
	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
G1	.734	.122	.180	.570	.344	.256	.673	.273	.219
G2	.969	.183	.122	.960	.143	.105	.964	.177	.118
R1	.045	.795	.247	.098	.813	.159	.024	.833	.184
R2	.099	.610	.466	.024	.740	.310	.126	.635	.449
LD	.088	.287	.810	.096	.258	.815	.089	.302	.796
LS	.108	.304	.780	.084	.281	.796	.100	.286	.794
LA	.069	.166	.819	.092	.165	.792	.079	.145	.816

*Bolded numbers represent high loadings

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