A Decision Theory Model for Course Placement

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-34

  Van der Linden, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Mastery decisions; Monotone decision rules; Placement decisions; Test theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032339935     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986023001018     Document Type: Article

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