Language Testing in Asia

Table 6 CFA three-factor model path loadings and r², 1998–2001

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

	1998		1999		2000		2001
	Loading	r ²	Loading	r ²	Loading	r ²	Loading	r ²
G1	.68	.47	.68	.47	.72	.52	.69	.51
G2	.67	.49	.65	.28	.62	.33	.65	.39
R1	.65	.42	.65	.43	.66	.44	.65	.46
R2	.72	.52	.74	.55	.72	.51	.73	.57
LS	.74	.63	.79	.63	.76	.66	.78	.66
LD	.77	.60	.77	.59	.80	.64	.78	.63
LA	.71	.51	.72	.52	.73	.52	.72	.54

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