Impact of test design, item quality, and item bank size on the psychometric properties of computer-based credentialing examinations

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-21

  King, Dehui ^a   Hambleton, Ronald K ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based tests; Credentialing exams; Multistage tests; Test designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642578150     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403258393     Document Type: Article

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