Can the C-test be improved with classical item analysis?

System

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-89

  Jafarpur, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

C Principle; C Test; Reduced redundancy test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346409770     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(98)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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