Sequential estimation in variable length computerized adaptive testing

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-264

  Chang, Yuan Chin Ivan ^a   Ying, Zhiliang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive testing; Computerized testing; Confidence interval; Logistic regression; Rasch model; Stopping rule; Tailored test; Variable length test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742271660     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(03)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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