IRT test assembly using network-flow programming

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-247

  Armstrong, Ronald D ^a   Jones, Douglas H ^a   Kunce, Charles S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Automated test assembly; Automated test assembly using passages; Certification testing; Item response theory; Network flow programming; Optimal test assembly; Test construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032342101     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216980223004     Document Type: Article

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