Language Testing in Asia

Table 3 Standard MR results

From: Assessing critical thinking through L2 argumentative essays: an investigation of relevant and salient criteria from raters’ perspectives

Variable	B	95% CI for B		SE B	β	p	R²
Variable	B	LL	UL	SE B	β	p	R²
Pre-test							.47
Constant	–0.25	–1.03	0.53	0.40		.524
Achievement	0.32	0.17	0.48	0.08	.39	.000
Coherence	0.14	–0.05	0.33	0.10	.13	.135
Lexis	0.18	–0.06	0.42	0.12	.15	.142
Grammar	0.13	–0.08	0.34	0.10	.11	.213
Post-test							.33
Constant	–0.04	–0.95	0.87	0.46		.935
Achievement	0.29	0.11	0.46	0.09	.30	.002
Coherence	0.07	–0.16	0.29	0.11	.06	.551
Lexis	0.34	0.10	0.59	0.12	.29	.006
Grammar	0.03	–0.21	0.26	0.12	.02	.821

Note. CI confidence interval, LL lower limit, UL upper limit, Achievement Task Achievement, Coherence Coherence and Cohesion, Lexis Lexical Resource, Grammar Grammatical Range and Accuracy

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