Defining error rates and power for detecting answer copying

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-404

  Wollack, James A ^a   Cohen, Allan S ^a   Serlin, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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EID: 0035539810     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466210122032118     Document Type: Article

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