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Table 9 Correlations among sub-reading components and OE reading test scores

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

  VK GK WR SP WM RS1 RS2 RS3 TTS1 TTS2 OE scores
VK 1.000 .763** −.252* −.131 .003 .000 .161 −.030 .008 −.327* .513**
GK   1.000 −.216* −.193 .036 −.027 .275* −.033 .012 −.248* .573**
WR    1.000 .327** −.179 .189 −.015 .115 .154 .136 −.257*
SP     1.000 −.188 .073 .009 .038 .107 .095 −.055
WM      1.000 .225* .038 .092 .162 .025 −.064
RS1       1.000 .327* .073 .302* .135 −.065
RS2        1.000 .312* .324* .046 .198
RS3         1.000 .303* .134 −.148
TTS1          1.000 .333* −.085
TTS2           1.000 −.255*
OE scores            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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