语言测试的因子结构探析：一项基于多样本CFA的历时研究被引量：3

Factor structure and factorial invariance of language tests: A multi-sample CFA longitudinal study

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摘要研究语言考试的因子结构对于考试的构念效度具有重要意义。尽管目前语言测试界关于考试因子结构的研究越来越多,但是很少有研究采用多次考试数据探讨语言考试的因子结构及结构的不变性。本研究采用纵向研究设计及多样本验证性因子分析方法探讨一项校本英语水平考试的内部因子结构。研究结果表明高阶因子模型与考试数据的拟合比较理想;多样本验证性因子分析的结果表明该模型在多次考试上的表现基本相同。本研究为该考试的构念效度提供了实证支撑,也为其他语言考试机构开展考试效度研究提供了参考。 Understanding the factor structure of a language test is crucial to the establishment of its construct validity. Despite the growing number of factor structure studies in the field of language testing, few have used multi-year data to investigate the factor structure and factorial invariance of language tests. Adopting longitudinal design and multisample Confirmatory Factor Analysis （CFA） as its analytic methodology, this study investigated the factor structure and factorial invariance of a university-based English proficiency test. Results indicated that the higher-order factor model fit the test data well and was comparatively parsimonious. Multi-sample CFA analyses demonstrated that this model had basically the same configuration on the two samples. While lending important empirical support to the construct validity of this test, this study also has implications for other testing agencies in their test validation endeavors.

作者范劲松 Ute Knoch 毕志伟

机构地区复旦大学墨尔本大学上海理工大学

出处《外语测试与教学》 2016年第3期20-30,37,共12页 Foreign Language Testing and Teaching

基金国家社科基金青年项目“标准化语言测试的标准制订与效度研究”(13CYY032)的阶段性成果

关键词因子结构因子不变性验证性因子分析多样本分析 factor structure factorial invariance Confirmatory Factor Analysis muhi-sample analysis

分类号 H319 [语言文字—英语]

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