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For instance, a matching format includes two clues (the target word and the context), whereas a supplying format has only one (the context).
In Hoshino (2008), it was found that syntagmatic knowledge and reading ability were significant predictors in a supplying format (which this study adopted), but this was not the case in a matching format.
Although Schwanenflugel et al. used a matching format and this study used a supplying format so the constructs of the tests in these two formats would differ, their study and the current study offer the possibility to use the information of distractors in vocabulary tests.
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Similarly, none of the uncontrolled before-and-after studies measuring dichotomous outcomes reported data in a matched format; therefore, these outcomes were analyzed as unmatched data, which has been shown to be similar and easier to interpret than matched analyses [ 39].
Case and Swanson [ 5] have been instrumental in the development of these questions, which are defined as any matching format with more than the five alternatives traditionally used by MCQs.
The test uses a multiple matching format in which items are banded by frequency levels, allowing size to be inferred from performance across decreasing frequency levels.
She used three types of English vocabulary tests in context: matching format whose context cannot be clues, matching format whose context can be clues, and supplying format (similar to Mori's kanji-only, kanji-and-context, and context conditions, respectively).
One exception is Goodrich (1977), who conducted research on attractive distractors in MC vocabulary tests in context in matching format.
Using Pike's and Henning's terms, the three conditions can represent words in context (kanji only); sentence completion or supplying format (context only); and words in context or matching format (kanji and context).
Her findings indicated that tests using the matching format were significantly influenced by the knowledge of word meanings and paradigms, whereas tests in supplying format were significantly affected by syntagmatic knowledge.
In this sense, Henning did not control whether his contexts in matching format contained useful clues for the participants; therefore, the results of Mori and Henning were not consistent.
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