The relative appropriateness of eight measurement models for analyzing scores from tests composed of testlets

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 958-975

  Lee, Guemin ^a   Dunbar, Stephen B ^b   Frisbie, David A ^b  

^a CTB MCGRAW HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035541537     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00131640121971590     Document Type: Article

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