Nissa Andini Intan Salsabila

2201419043

Theories and Principles in Language Assessment

Assignment

1. The formula of Pearson’s correlation coefficient

NAME CLASSRO STANDARDI

OM TEST ZED TEST

PEIFENG 45 63

MERCED
80 85
ES

XUAN 70 72

RENEE 55 62

SARAH 85 90

EKATERI
75 90
NA

KATIA 60 51

SIRIH 45 60

HILLAR
50 55
Y

The answer is,

14,135: 16,573,521050
= 0,85286
From the table,
 Σx = 565
 Σy = 628
 Σxy = 40,995
 Σx2 = 37,325
  Σy2 = 45,648
 n is the sample size, in our case = 9

The correlation coefficient

= 9(40,995) – (565 × 628) / [√[9(37,325) – (319,225)] × [9(45,648) – 394,384]]]
= 0.85286

2. The formula of Spearman’s correlation coefficient

NAME CLASSRO STANDARDIZ

OM TEST ED TEST
PEIFENG 95 92
MERCEDE 90 94
S
XUAN 88 90
RENEE 87 93
SARAH 84 77
EKATERI 82 75
NA
KATIA 80 83
SIRIH 79 80
HILLARY 75 70
KATHY 70 69
The answer is:
= 1 – (6 x 28) / (10(100-1))
= 1 – 168 / 990
= 1- 0,169
= 0,84
The Spearman Rank Correlation for this set of data is 0,84

3. Measuring test reliability (Split-half method)

 Students’ name Score on Score on Score on
the entire odd items even items
test
PEIFENG 12 8 4
MERCEDES 18 10 8
XUAN 10 5 5
RENEE 6 2 4
SARAH 8 6 2
EKATERINA 15 8 7
KATIA 9 6 3
SIRIH 3 0 3
HILLARY 14 4 10
KATHY 2 1 1

The computed correlation coefficient is; 0,44

Which means with 8 df, the r is significant at a 1% level (for r to be significant, a table value
of 0.44 is required). Since r is significant, we apply the Spearman-Brown formula as follows:
Rxx= (2)(0,44) / 1+0,44
= 1,88 / 1,44
= 0,61
The reliability is thus established at 0.61, which is certainly a lofty value and indicates a
high degree of reliability.