Practical issues in computerized test assembly

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 292-302

  Wightman, Linda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Item banks; Linear programming; Optimal test assembly; Test assembly; Test assembly constraints; Test construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032334473     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216980223009     Document Type: Article

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