A comparison of linking and concurrent calibration under the graded response model

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-41

  Kim, Seock Ho ^a   Cohen, Allan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent calibration; Equating; Graded response model; Item response theory; Linking; MULTILOG

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036102805     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621602026001002     Document Type: Article

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