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  2. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    International English Language Testing System (IELTS / ˈ aɪ. ɛ l t s /) [6] is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge English, [6] and was established in 1989. IELTS is one of the major English-language tests ...

  3. List of language proficiency tests - Wikipedia

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    The following is a non-exhaustive list of standardized tests that assess a person's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Various types of such exams exist per many languages—some are organized at an international level even through national authoritative organizations, while others simply for specific limited business or study orientation.

  4. College admissions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many schools ask that non-native English speakers provide TOEFL or IELTS scores International students form a large and growing percentage of applicants to American universities. [ 152 ] According to Andover counseling director Sean Logan, applications to American universities from foreign students have increased dramatically in the past decade ...

  5. Loaded question - Wikipedia

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    A loaded question is a form of complex question that contains a controversial assumption (e.g., a presumption of guilt). [1]Such questions may be used as a rhetorical tool: the question attempts to limit direct replies to be those that serve the questioner's agenda. [2]

  6. After Hamas rejection of hostage deal, US asked Qatar to ...

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    WASHINGTON/DOHA (Reuters) -The U.S. has told Qatar that the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian militant group rejected the latest proposal to ...

  7. Dixon's Q test - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, Dixon's Q test, or simply the Q test, is used for identification and rejection of outliers.This assumes normal distribution and per Robert Dean and Wilfrid Dixon, and others, this test should be used sparingly and never more than once in a data set.

  8. Reader-response criticism - Wikipedia

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    This core gives that individual a certain style of being—and reading. Each reader uses the physical literary work plus invariable codes (such as the shapes of letters) plus variable canons (different "interpretive communities", for example) plus an individual style of reading to build a response both like and unlike other readers' responses.

  9. Pan Am Flight 103 bombing investigation - Wikipedia

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    The wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103. The investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 began after Pan Am Flight 103, en route from Frankfurt to Detroit with stopovers in London and New York City, was blown up at 19:03 on 21 December 1988 over Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.