Observed-score equating as a test assembly problem

Psychometrika

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-418

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a   Luecht, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

0 1 linear programming; Generalized binomial distribution; Item response theory; Test assembly; Test equating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032285583     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294862     Document Type: Article

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