Uses of Item Response Theory and the Testlet Concept in the Measurement of Psychopathology

Psychological Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-97

  Steinberg, Lynne ^a   Thissen, David ^b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 0002329674     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.1.1.81     Document Type: Article

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