Psychometric characteristics of computer-adaptive and self-adaptive vocabulary tests: The role of answer feedback and test anxiety

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-167

  Vispoel, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0032220383     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1998.tb00532.x     Document Type: Article

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