Outlier measures and norming methods for computerized adaptive tests

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-104

  Bradlow, Eric T ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Bernoulli data; Classical inference; Repeated measures; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035620227     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986026001085     Document Type: Article

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