Standard setting: An alternative approach

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-366

  Impara, James C ^a   Plake, Barbara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0031284018     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1997.tb00523.x     Document Type: Article

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