@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12225,
	  title     = {Do C-Test and Cloze Procedure Measure what they Purport to be Measuring? A Case of Criterion-Related Validity},
	  author    = {Masoud Saeedi and  Mansour Tavakoli and  Shirin Rahimi Kazerooni and  Vahid Parvaresh},
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	  abstract     = {This article investigated the validity of C-test and Cloze test which purport to measure general English proficiency. To provide empirical evidence pertaining to the validity of the interpretations based on the results of these integrative language tests, their criterion-related validity was investigated. In doing so, the test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL) which is an established, standardized, and internationally administered test of general English proficiency was used as the criterion measure. Some 90 Iranian English majors participated in this study. They were seniors studying English at a university in Tehran, Iran. The results of analyses showed that there is a statistically significant correlation among participants- scores on Cloze test, C-test, and the TOEFL. Building on the findings of the study and considering criterion-related validity as the evidential basis of the validity argument, it was cautiously deducted that these tests measure the same underlying trait. However, considering the limitations of using criterion measures to validate tests, no absolute claims can be made as to the construct validity of these integrative tests.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Cognitive and Language Sciences},
	  volume    = {5},
	  number    = {2},
	  year      = {2011},
	  pages     = {190 - 199},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12225},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/50},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 50, 2011},
	}