... Davies, 1983) and predicative validity, where test scores are correlated with some future criterion of performance (Bachman and Palmer, 1981) 2.3.3 Reliability and Validity Reliability and validity ... content Reading and grammar Reading and grammar Reading and grammar Reading and grammar Course book Lifelines Elementary Lifelines Elementary Lifeline Pre-Intermidiate Basic English for and vocabulary ... modes, which are and Measures of Dispersion: the standard deviation (sd) and the range Range is the difference between the highest and the lowest scores Range = 8-0 = - 26 - Standard deviation...
Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:05
... preparation of tests should have some basic understanding of two concepts, validity and reliability, and the relationship between them And the tests should have validity and reliability In addition, ... think is useful and interesting to students, and then selecting relevant texts and design activities 21 The terms such as syllabus design and learners’ needs analysis are really new and challenging ... oneself, talking about likes and dislikes, interest and ambition in future jobs 13 Holidays and festivals -The art to win in the interview to get a new job Naming some holidays and festivals in Vietnam,...
Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:19
Written tests of english at vietnam high schools nowadays and some suggestions
... are not invested as well enough as it is worth to be, and expose some problems While some are too long, some are short Sometimes we meet some either too difficult or too easy which takes readers ... contribute, to some extent, my own suggestions to a more effective assessment Third, the new method in teaching and learning is being used widely Still, the testing and evaluation stands rooted ... the candidates speaking and listening command are, the written test informs us what level a students writing and reading ability are at In Vietnam condition, these tests take place frequently and...
Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:36
An analysis of actual situation and some suggestions on overall buniness strategy and stategic solutions for company 185 - Truong Son construction corperation
... is the collection of decisions and actions oriented to the targets which make organizational capacity and resources meet the external opportunities and threats - According to Alfred Chandker: ... loss and damages to the enterprises and even bankruptcy includes investment cost such as workshops, equipments, and technology, direct cost for investment and administrative procedures, and social ... production strategy a Product and service strategy Product and service strategy is to give products to satisfy demand of market and taste of customers in each period; product and service strategy is...
Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2015, 10:58
Some suggestions to improve speaking skill for the second year students at thanh hoa university of culture, sports and tourism (TUCST)
... difficulties in teaching and learning speaking skill that teachers and non-English major students encountered at Thanh Hoa University of Culture, Sports and Tourism and give some suggestions for developing ... Some suggestions to improve Speaking skill for the second year students at Thanh Hoa University of Culture, Sports and Tourism (TUCST)” This study will try to find out problems and suggest some ... data collection procedure Chapter deals with data analysis and some suggestions Part C is Conclusion, summaries the study and offers some suggestion for further research PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER...
Ngày tải lên: 20/07/2015, 12:36
An investigation into the attitudes of teachers and students at the hanoi college of industrial economics towards speaki
... the speaking skills in the textbook NH Pre and the students‟ preferences and demands Chapter focuses on some findings and recommendations about learning and teaching speaking skills based on the ... participation and too little time for students to speak English 43 Chapter III: Findings and suggestions This chapter first summarizes the findings of the study This is followed by some suggestions ... tasks, and group and pair work are significant aspects of CLT” The definition above represents a particular view of understanding and explaining language acquisition It is socially constructed and...
Ngày tải lên: 19/12/2015, 12:50
Báo cáo y học: "Ultra-low microcurrent in the management of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and chronic wounds: Report of twelve cases and discussion of mechanism of action"
... radicals and the decline of antioxidant defense mechanisms lead to damage of cellular organelles and enzymes, increased lipid peroxidation, and development of insulin resistance (7) The vascular and ... Popliteal and pedal pulses were absent bilaterally with poor capillary refill The left foot was red and inflamed up to and including the medial malleolus The lateral aspect of the great toe and second ... abnormalities and diseases such as type diabetes mellitus, obesity and the metabolic syndrome (30) In these conditions there is an elevation of both glucose and free fatty acid levels in the blood and...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
... the study, the data collection method, instruments as well as process of data collection and data analysis IV Data analysis and discussion This focuses on presenting, analyzing and discussing the ... to convey my deepest gratitude to my husband, my children, and my parents for their constant support and thorough understanding.Their great encouragement and love have helped me to overcome the ... learning Attitudes and learning go hand in hand Garder and Lamber (1972) all agree that “ success in mastering a foreign language would depend not only on intellectual capacity and language aptitude...
Ngày tải lên: 12/04/2013, 16:19
Some suggestions for correcting errors made by english non major first year students at HPU of pronouncing ending sounds
... sounds, ending sounds errors and some previous studies on related topic The next chapter will present the findings and discussion of the study 18 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION This chapter will ... introduces the readers all the findings and discussion of the survey questionnaires, tapes recorded and observation of the study All the collected data will be presented in table and chart to help the ... analyze and find errors with the help and support of my supervisor and students from last year English major at HPU Secondly, the last findings of ending sounds errors were presented in table and...
Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 20:37
USDA Findings and Actions Report Table of Contents pot
... standard of excellence associated with the U.S farm and food product export programs Page IV USDA Findings and Action Plan FSIS INVESTIGATION FINDINGS AND ACTIONS As a result of a thorough and ... officials from FSIS and AMS on February 7, 2006, to obtain their verbal comments on the findings and recommendations AMS and FSIS officials expressed agreement with the report's findings and recommendations ... and controls to affected agency employees and to train these employees; and (3) adequacy of agency controls to validate that agency employees understood and implemented the procedures Scope and...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Test Collection Selection and Gold Standard Generation for a Multiply-Annotated Opinion Corpus" potx
... standard Sentences should first be selected as the testing collection, and then the corresponding gold standard can be generated Our aim is to generate testing collections and their gold standards ... the annotator and the gold standard The methodologies are introduced in the next section Testing Collections and Gold Standards The gold standard of relevance, the opinionated issue, and the opinion ... themselves, the strict and the lenient testing collections and their corresponding gold standard are generated Considering the Kappa values of each annotator and the gold standard, topics with high...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 02:21
Determinants of commercial bank interest margins and profitability: some international evidence ppt
... role that implicit and explicit taxes play in raising spreads and goes on to discuss some of the determinants of bank cost and profits, such as inflation, scale economies, and market structure ... Xjt are country variables for country j at time t; and Tt and Cj are time and country dummy variables Further, αo is a constant, and αi, βj, and *j are coefficients, while εijt is an t error ... interest margins and bank profitability In this paper we confirm some findings in earlier research, for instance a positive relationship between capitalization and profitability, and a negative...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20
Suggesting and responding to suggestions in English and Vietnamese
... to suggestions in English and Vietnamese To help people understand about the similaries and differences between English and Vietnamese in making suggestions and giving responses 10 To provide some ... introduces and gives discussion as much as possible about definition, classification and usage of suggestions and responses Besides, in the second part of this paper I also discuss politeness and speech ... politeness and speech acts The second chapter studies suggesting and responding to suggestions This is the most important part in my graduation paper The third chapter refers to some findings and implication...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:36
The Impact of Education on Economic Growth Theory, Findings, and Policy Implications potx
... family planning: Wolfe and Behrman (1984), Schultz (1989), and Behrman (1990) Foster, Andrew and Rosenzweig, Mark (1995) “Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital and Technical Change ... (1993), Butcher and Case (1994), Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994), and Ashenfelter and Zimmerman (1993) Variations of the IV technique are applied, the conclusions of which support Harmon and Walker’s ... “is key to future economic growth and lasting democracy, leading to greater stability and improved standards of living.”1 Many growth models include education and offer predictions as to the implications...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20
Coexisting Bronchogenic Carcinoma and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Same Lobe: Radiologic Findings and Clinical Significance doc
... radiography, and the diagnostic clues which facilitate the detection of such lesions at CT MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 1993 and May 1999, 335 patients with coexisting bronchogenic carcinoma and ... lung cancer and coexisting TB in the same lobe as the cancer There were 51 such patients (48 males and three females), and their age ranged from 48 to 79 (mean, 64.5) years The presence and localization ... adrenal gland, n=1; jejunum, n=1) Histological types were squamous cell carcinoma (n=32), adenocarcinoma (n=15), and small cell lung cancer (n=4) Forty-six patients (90.2 %) were smokers, and the...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20
The City of West Palm Beach Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (Continued) Fiscal Year Ended_part1 pot
... management of the City, federal and state awarding agencies and pass-through entities and the Auditor General of the State of Florida, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone ... OMB Circular A-133 and which are described in the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs as item 2010-3 McGladrey is the brand under which RSM McGladrey, Inc and McGladrey & Pullen, ... That Could Have A Direct and Material Effect on Each Major Federal Program and State Project and on Internal Control over Compliance in Accordance with OMB Circular A-133 and Chapter 10.550, Rules...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 11:20
The City of West Palm Beach Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (Continued) Fiscal Year Ended_part2 doc
... monitoring with all the applicable rules and citations for HCD programs and/ or agreement and must ensure that program funds are used in accordance with all program rules and regulations, determine the ... determines program and financial performance and regulatory compliance and is completed in one (1) or more of the following four (4) stages: Desk Audit Compliance Review of records and files On-site ... Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards, and Independent Auditors’ Report...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 11:20