Analysis of distractor difficulty in multiple-choice items

Psychometrika

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-234

  Revuelta, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Item response models; MCMC simulation; Multiple choice items; Posterior Predictive Checks

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044250848     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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