CUSUM-based person-fit statistics for adaptive testing

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-218

  Van Krimpen Stoop, Edith M L A ^a   Meijer, Rob R ^a  

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Author keywords

Appropriateness measurement; Computer adaptive testing; Cumulative sum; Item response theory; Person fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035636277     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986026002199     Document Type: Article

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