A comparison of alternative models for testlets

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  Li, Yanmei ^a,c   Bolt, Daniel M ^b   Fu, Jianbin ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model comparison; Item response theory; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Testlets

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044440961     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605275414     Document Type: Article

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