An investigation of linking methods under the graded response model

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-130

  Cohen, Allan S ^a   Kim, Seock Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equating; Graded response model; Horizontal linking; Item response theory, linking; Linking; Vertical linking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032382305     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216980222002     Document Type: Article

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