Combining Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Test Scores: An Economist's View

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-375

  Kennedy, Peter ^a   Walstad, William B ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0031515364     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1004_4     Document Type: Article

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