A Comparison of Four Measurement Models for the Watson–Barker Listening Test (WBLT)–Form C

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Table 1 Number of Right and Wrong Answers for all Subscales and the WBLT Total Score

WBLT subscale	Mode	Mdn	M	SD	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum % correct	Maximum % correct
Evaluating message content	6	6	5.68	1.21	2	8	25	100
Understanding meaning in conversations	6	6	5.46	1.29	0	8	25	100
Understanding and remembering lectures	5	5	4.66	1.55	1	8	25	100
Evaluating emotional meaning in messages	6	6	6.05	1.22	2	8	25	100
Following instructions and directions	6	6	5.71	1.40	1	8	25	100
Total score	29	28	27.55	3.92	14	38	35	95
	Number of correct answers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Evaluating message content	0	0	3	8	19	57	72	46	8
Understanding meaning in conversations	1	0	2	8	38	55	67	31	11
Understanding and remembering lectures	0	3	17	30	46	53	37	21	6
Evaluating emotional meaning in messages	0	0	2	7	11	37	75	63	18
Following instructions and directions	0	2	2	10	27	41	64	53	14

Table 2 Fit Statistics for Theoretical Model 1 and the Competing Independence Model

Model	CMIN	df	p	RMSEA	LO 90	HI 90	AIC	CFI
1	953.66	735	<.001	.038	.031	.045	1,203.66	.000
2	895.94	736	<.001	.032	.024	.040	1,143.94	.126
3	1,431.92	745	<.001	.067	.062	.072	1,661.92	.000
Independence model	1,002.90	820	<.001	.033	.025	.040	1,720.00	.000

Table 3 Pattern of Maximum Likelihood Factor Loadings, Rotated Matrix

Factor	Part 1 (1–8)	Part 2 (9–16)	Part 3 (17–24)	Part 4 (25–32)	Part 5 (33–40)
1	WB1	WB9
2				WB30
3					WB33
4					WB38
5	WB8
6			WB21
7			WB17
8	WB4
9		WB12		WB25
10				WB27
11			WB20
12	WB2	WB10
13		WB15
14			WB24

Table 4 Average Inter-Item Correlations for the Watson–Barker Listening Test–Form C Subscales

Subscale	Average r	α
Evaluating message content	.04	.23
Understanding meaning in conversations	.02	.13
Understanding and remembering lectures	.05	.26
Evaluating emotional meaning in messages	.04	.21
Following instructions and directions	.06	.32