a-Stratified CAT design with content blocking

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 359-378

  Yi, Qing ^a   Chang, Hua Hua ^b  

^a American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0242719929     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711003770480084     Document Type: Article

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