The Use of a Person-Fit Statistic with One High-Quality Achievement Test

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-109

  Rudner, Lawrence M ^a   Bracey, Gerald ^b   Skaggs, Gary ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030545394     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame0901_8     Document Type: Article

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