IRT estimation of domain scores

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-211

  Bock, R Darrell ^b   Thissen, David ^a   Zimowski, Michele F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0031231805     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1997.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

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