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英文文摘
List of Tables
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 The Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Testing Validity
2.1.1 Definition of Validity
2.1.2 Unitary Concept of Validity
2.1.3 Importance of Validity and Use of the Notion of Validity
2.1.4 The Central Role of Construct Validity
2.1.5 Validity and Validation
2.2 Empirical Studies on Validity
2.2.1 Foreign Empirical Studies on Validity
2.2.2 Domestic Empirical Studies on Validity
2.3 Placement Test and Related Empirical Studies
2.3.1 Placement Test
2.3.2 Empirical Studies on Placement Test
Chapter Three Research Design and Methodology
3.1 Research Subjects
3.2 Research Instruments
3.2.1 Testing Materials
3.2.2 Questionnaire
3.3 Data Collection and Analysis
3.4 Brief Introduction of the College English Placement Test
3.4.1 Need of the College English Placement Test
3.4.2 Structure of the Placement Test
3.4.3 The Scoring of the College English Placement Test
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Face Validity
4.1.1 Candidates'Responses to Objective Questions
4.1.2 Candidates' Responses to Open-ended Questions
4.2 Construct Validity
4.2.1 Correlation Analysis
4.2.2 Factor Analysis
4.3 Content Validity
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations
References
Appendix I Questionnaire
Appendix II Test Specifications
Appendix ⅢTest Paper
Acknowledgements
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