Classical test theory as a first-order item response theory: Application to true-score prediction from a possibly nonparallel test

Psychometrika

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-149

  Holland, Paul W ^a   Hoskens, Machteld ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Best linear predictors; Nonparallel tests; Rasch Model; Simulation; Test linking; Test theory; True scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038810209     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02296657     Document Type: Article

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