Testing Across Cultures: Translation, Adaptation and Indigenous Test Development

Daouk‐Öyry, Lina; Zeinoun, Pia

doi:10.1002/9781119183020.ch16

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“…In line with the WWC model, this study shows the effect of macro-level factors on the student scores in the context of high-stakes writing assessments. The inclusion of tasks with differential construct manifestation and underrepresentation might introduce possible sources of bias into test scores against certain groups of students (Daouk-Öyry & Zeinoun, 2017). Taken together, our results show that writing scores might lead to unfair educational decisions not because of a particular approach to scoring written compositions (automated vs hand-rated) but rather because of the inclusion of other writing components in the test that are only partially associated with the ability to write a cohesive and well-organized text, namely, revising and editing skills.…”

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“…Computer programs can generate writing quality scores with comparable technical adequacy to hand-calculated scores (Keller-Margulis et al, 2021). Yet, the validity of automated scores might vary among students from different linguistic or cultural backgrounds (Daouk-Öyry & Zeinoun, 2017). Given that automated scores are calculated through algorithms trained to predict human ratings, they might incorporate the contribution of sources extraneous to writing quality in the estimation of student performance.…”

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Implications of bias in automated writing quality scores for fair and equitable assessment decisions.

Matta¹,

Mercer²,

Keller‐Margulis³

2023

School Psychology

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Types Of Bias For Automated Writing Scoresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implications of bias in automated writing quality scores for fair and equitable assessment decisions.

Matta¹,

Mercer²,

Keller‐Margulis³

2023

School Psychology

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“…The findings of this study can broaden the discussion of cultural aspects related to the evaluation of the attachment construct in diverse Spanish-speaking populations, and also contributes to the existing instruments available in this context (e.g., Valor-Segura, Expósito, & Moya, 2009). Although the relevance of the construct in different cultures is recognized, it is necessary to take into account that its expression may vary in different cultures and groups (e.g., LGBT), and that some of its dimensions may be underrepresented (Daouk-Öyry & Zeinoun, 2017). Theoretical and empirical development is needed to better understand the cultural and contextual aspects of attachment, as these aspects are scarcely addressed in a systematic way (Keller, 2013;Vicedo, 2017).…”

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Measuring adult romantic attachment: psychometric properties of the brief Spanish version of the experiences in close relationships

Guzmán-González

Ottenberger

Brassard

et al. 2020

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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The Experiences in Close Relationships (Brennan et al, Attachment theory and close relationships, 1998) questionnaire is one of the most widely used measures of adult romantic attachment. Despite the advantages of the ECR, the length of this measure may discourage its use in clinical and research contexts. Consequently, the goal of this study was to develop a brief Spanish version of the ECR questionnaire and to examine its psychometric properties when administered to six different Spanish-speaking samples from Chile. Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the twodimensional structure of the ECR and its invariance across gender. Results also supported the reliability and concurrent validity of our brief Spanish version of the ECR (i.e., Spanish ECR-12), by its association with measures of emotion regulation, dyadic empathy, psychological distress and well-being, and relationship satisfaction. The Spanish ECR-12 can be used by researchers and clinical professionals as an abridged measure of adult attachment.

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“…Then help was sought from an Urdu language expert to refine the Urdu translation. The questions were later back-translated to the English language with the help of an English–language expert (Daouk-Öyry & Zeinoun, 2017). Pilot interviews were conducted with ten participants to determine whether the questions in the interview schedule were well understood.…”

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Existential concerns, assumptive world, and alienation among Kashmiri youth exposed to collective violence: Do the theoretical models fit target population?

Khan¹,

Shetgovekar²,

Bhat³

et al. 2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Research with populations exposed to violence and wars have grown in recent years; however, such efforts have tilted more toward trauma-focused psychiatric epidemiology. The present study attempted to investigate the nature of existential concerns, assumptive world, and alienation among Kashmiri youth exposed to collective violence. Participants, from 15 to 24 years old, were first verbally screened for exposure to collective violence and then interviewed in detail. Thematic analysis showed death anxiety, future anxiety, and limits on freedom as the major existential concerns among the participants. Similarly, their assumptive world included benevolence/nonbenevolence of people and world, self-worth, and optimism-pessimism about Kashmir and its situation. The major themes pertaining to their feelings of alienation were meaninglessness, social estrangement, political alienation, and national-identity alienation. Themes identified regarding exposure to collective violence were victimization, witnessing of violence, and direct-indirect exposure to violence. Overall, the results are in line with the prior findings reported in the literature pertaining to the Kashmiri context. However, some new dimensions peculiar to target population also emerged, and findings demonstrate a need for the theoretical model on exposure to collective violence. Public Significance StatementThis study advances the idea to investigate exposure to violence beyond trauma and found certain results-such as future anxiety, negative assumptions about people and world, and political and national-identity alienation-in the target population not originally suggested by theoretical models informing the selected variables.

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Testing Across Cultures: Translation, Adaptation and Indigenous Test Development

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Implications of bias in automated writing quality scores for fair and equitable assessment decisions.

Implications of bias in automated writing quality scores for fair and equitable assessment decisions.

Measuring adult romantic attachment: psychometric properties of the brief Spanish version of the experiences in close relationships

Existential concerns, assumptive world, and alienation among Kashmiri youth exposed to collective violence: Do the theoretical models fit target population?

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