A statistical test for detecting answer copying on multiple-choice tests

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-377

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a   Sotaridona, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CTB/McGraw Hill   (United States)

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EID: 11144332154     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.2004.tb01171.x     Document Type: Review

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