Estimating the Internal Consistency Reliability of Tests Composed of Testlets Varying in Length

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-48

  Feldt, Leonard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0036114175     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324818AME1501_03     Document Type: Article

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