Test Stakes and Item Format Interactions

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-77

  DeMars, Christine E ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034421924     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1301_3     Document Type: Article

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