A comparison of IRT equating and beta 4 equating

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-99

  Kim, Dong In ^a,c   Brennan, Robert ^b   Kolen, Michael ^b  

^a CTB MCGRAW HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CTB/McGraw Hill   (United States)

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EID: 17244375664     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0655.2005.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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