Maintaining Content Validity in Computerized Adaptive Testing

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-41

  Luecht, Richard M ^a   De Champlain, André ^a   Nungester, Ronald J ^a  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Content validity; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842621852     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009789314011     Document Type: Article

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