Validity and validation in language testing

Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 795-813

  Davies, Alan ^a   Elder, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84887394193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612700-60     Document Type: Chapter

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