Table 2 Significant differences between the GEPT-A and iBT reading passages
Variable | GEPT mean | iBT mean | SD | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DESWC (word count, number of words) | 736.8 | 687.4 | 82.3 | .023 |
LDMTLD (lexical diversity, MTLD, all words) | 106.01 | 84.54 | 22.38 | .023 |
LDVOCD (lexical diversity, VOCD, all words) | 106.90 | 86.71 | 16.00 | .005 |
SYNNP (number of modifiers per noun phrase, mean) | 0.89 | 1.06 | .15 | .023 |
SYNSTRUT (sentence syntax similarity, all combinations, across paragraphs, mean) | .10 | .08 | .01 | .000 |
K1 | 79.69 | 75.51 | 3.82 | .023 |