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Quantitative Strand

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This chapter is devoted to the quantitative strand in this study. In this chapter, research questions are first raised to serve as a concrete and visible goal to target at in the study. Then a detailed research design is presented, including research procedures, participants and research instruments. The great room in this chapter goes to the discussion of the findings obtained through the quantitative strand.

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Kong, J. (2019). Quantitative Strand. In: Investigating the Role of Test Methods in Testing Reading Comprehension. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7021-2_6

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