edu.ucla.sspace.evaluation

Class ToeflSynonymEvaluation

java.lang.Object

edu.ucla.sspace.evaluation.ToeflSynonymEvaluation

All Implemented Interfaces:

WordChoiceEvaluation

public class ToeflSynonymEvaluation
extends Object
implements WordChoiceEvaluation

A test of eighty synonym questions gathered from the Test of English as a Foreign Langauge (TOEFL) exam gathered by Thomas Landauer. See

• Landauer, T. K., and Dumais, S. T. (1997). A solution to Plato's problem: The Latent Semantic Analysis theory of the acquisition, induction, and representation of knowledge. Psychological Review, 104, 211-240. (Available here)

for details on the test.

See Also:

ESLSynonymEvaluation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ToeflSynonymEvaluation(File questionsFile, File answerFile) Constructs this evaluation test using the TOEFL test question file.
ToeflSynonymEvaluation(String questionFileName, String answerFileName) Constructs this evaluation test using the TOEFL test question file refered to by the provided name.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<MultipleChoiceQuestion>	getQuestions() Returns a collection of multiple choice questions that can be used to evaluate a SemanticSpace.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ToeflSynonymEvaluation

public ToeflSynonymEvaluation(String questionFileName,
                      String answerFileName)

Constructs this evaluation test using the TOEFL test question file refered to by the provided name.

Parameters:

questionFileName - the name of the file that contains the TOEFL questions

answerFileName - the name of the file that contains the answers to the TOEFL questions

ToeflSynonymEvaluation

public ToeflSynonymEvaluation(File questionsFile,
                      File answerFile)

Constructs this evaluation test using the TOEFL test question file.

Parameters:

questionFileName - the file that contains the TOEFL questions

answerFileName - the file that contains the answers to the TOEFL questions

Method Detail

getQuestions

public Collection<MultipleChoiceQuestion> getQuestions()

Returns a collection of multiple choice questions that can be used to evaluate a SemanticSpace.

Specified by:

getQuestions in interface WordChoiceEvaluation

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object