Item response theory true score equatings and their standard errors

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-50

  Ogasawara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic standard errors; Characteristic curve methods; Equating coefficients; Item response theory; True score equating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035602512     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986026001031     Document Type: Article

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