語彙構成テストにおける受験プロセス : 語連想テストと比較して

抄録

This study examines the test-taking processes of the Lexical Organisation Test (LOT; Mochizuki, 2006) by comparing it with the Word Associates Test (WAT; Read, 1998) using the verbal protocol analysis. The study obtained think-aloud protocols on the LOT and WAT from eight test-takers (all either university students or teachers) and classified the protocols according to a coding scheme. The results indicated that the test-takers drew more comparisons between multiple word links on the LOT than they did on the WAT, demonstrating that they compared the strengths of multiple word combinations more often on the LOT. This finding can be considered to provide positive validity evidence for the LOT, since it corresponds to what the test developer intended. Thus, the present study contributes to the validity argument of the LOT by providing a new piece of validity evidence in terms of the substantive aspect (Messick, 1989, 1996).