Validity argument for language assessment: The framework is simple...

Language Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-27

  Chapelle, Carol A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

argument; interpretive argument; Kane; validation; validity; validity argument

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856298998     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532211417211     Document Type: Article

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