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Language Testing in Asia

Table 7 Correlations among sub-reading components and MC reading test scores

From: Test format effects: a componential approach to second language reading

 

VK

GK

WR

SP

WM

RS1

RS2

RS3

TTS1

TTS2

MCtest

VK

1.000

.763**

− .252*

− .131

.003

.000

.161

− .030

.008

− .327*

.526**

GK

 

1.000

− .216*

− .193

.036

− .027

.275*

− .033

.012

− .284*

.425**

WR

  

1.000

.327*

− .179

.189

− .015

.115

.154

.136

− .204

SP

   

1.000

− .188

.073

.009

.038

.107

.095

− .131

WM

    

1.000

.225*

.038

.092

.162

.025

.081

RS1

     

1.000

.327*

.073

.302*

.135

.005

RS2

      

1.000

.312*

.324*

.046

.173

RS3

       

1.000

.303*

.134

.098

TTS1

        

1.000

.333*

− .035

TTS2

         

1.000

− .305*

MCtest

          

1.000

  1. VK vocabulary knowledge, GK grammar knowledge, WR word recognition skill, WM WM, RS1 approaches to reading the passage, RS2 discourse knowledge, RS3 inferences about the meanings of new words, TTS1 test management strategy, TTS2 test-wise strategy
  2. *p < .05, **p < .001
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