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The Latin-English and English-Latin vocabulary tests correlate very highly (average .82), so either test could be used alone without much error

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q2 i? Correlations between performance on the two test directions averaged .82 across eight schools, supporting use of either test alone. → V. A. C. Henmon 1917

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V. A. C. Henmon 1917

V. A. C. Henmon. (1917). The Measurement of Ability in Latin. Part I. Vocabulary. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Measurement+of+Ability+in+Latin%22+Henmon

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Correlational analysis in Table II of the same 252-pupil administration, with school-level correlations between the two test directions ranging from .49 to .94 (average .82). The article concludes "either test could be used alone without much error."

"The correlations between the two tests are very high and show that either test could be used alone without much error."

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title The Latin-English and English-Latin vocabulary tests correlate very highly (average .82), so either test could be used alone without much error
description The Latin-English and English-Latin vocabulary tests correlate very highly (average .82), so either test could be used alone without much error
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1917
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-25
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