A comparison of linking and concurrent calibration under item response theory

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-143

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BILOG; Concurrent calibration; Equating; Item response theory, equating; Item response theory, linking; Linking; MULTILOG

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032397166     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216980222003     Document Type: Review

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