Difficulty and Discriminability of Introductory Psychology Test Items

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-15

  Scialfa, Charles ^a   Legare, Connie ^a   Wenger, Larry ^a   Dingley, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Keyano College   (United States)

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EID: 0035589486     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328023TOP2801_03     Document Type: Article

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