A nominal response model approach for detecting answer copying

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-320

  Wollack, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Answer copying; Cheating; Copying; Item response theory; Nominal response model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031499673     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216970214002     Document Type: Article

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