A feedback control strategy for enhancing item selection efficiency in computerized adaptive testing

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-99

  Weissman, Alexander ^a  

^a Admission Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability estimation; Computerized adaptive testing; Efficiency; Feedback control; Item response theory; Item selection; Latent trait estimation; Relative efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944469499     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605282774     Document Type: Article

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