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The English Component of the 2002 Entrance Examination of the Federal University of Amazonas: An Analysis of its Reliability and Validity
El componente de inglés del examen de admisión de la Universidad Federal del Amazonas: un análisis de su confiabilidad y validez
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English-Examination, Research-Reliability, Research-Validity (en)Evaluación, enseñanza del inglés, confiabilidad en la investigación, validez investigativa (es)
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The study reported in this paper was: to estimate the reliability and validity of the English test administered to the candidates sitting the 2002 entrance examination for undergraduate courses at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM/2002). The test’s reliability was estimated in the form of the correlation coefficient found with the test-retest method, and its validity was established on the basis of face validity and content validity. The sample population consisted of students completing their education at a high school in 2002. The results indicated that, albeit significantly generalisable to the entire population of examinees, the UFAM/2002 English test had neither reliability nor face or content validity.
El estudio reportado en este documento tuvo como finalidad estimar la confiabilidad y validez de un examen de inglés administrado a los candidatos del año 2002 al examen de admisión para cursos de pregrado en la Universidad Federal de Amazonas (UFAM/2002). La confiabilidad del estudio se estimó mediante la correlación de coeficiente encontrado con el método test-retest y la validez se estableció a partir de la validez de forma y de contenido. La muestra poblacional consistió en un grupo de estudiantes que estaba culminando sus estudios de secundaria en el 2002. Los resultados indicaron que a pesar de la generalización significativa a toda la población de examinados, el examen de inglés de la UFAM/2002 no tuvo ni confiabilidad ni validez en su contenido.
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