Monte Carlo test assembly for item pool analysis and extension

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-261

  Belov, Dmitry I ^a   Armstrong, Ronald D ^b  

^a Law School Admission Council   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Item pool analysis; Item pool design; Item pool extension; Item response theory; Linear test assembly; Stochastic search

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144495026     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605275413     Document Type: Article

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