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Direct linkKane, Michael – Language Testing, 2012
The argument-based approach to validation involves two steps; specification of the proposed interpretations and uses of the test scores as an interpretive argument, and the evaluation of the plausibility of the proposed interpretive argument. More ambitious interpretations and uses tend to involve an extended network of inferences and assumptions…
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, Inferences, Test Validity
