Optimal testlet pool assembly for multistage testing designs

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-215

  Ariel, Adelaide ^a   Veldkamp, Bernard P ^a   Breithaupt, Krista ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b American Institute for Certified Public Accountants   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; Multi stage testing; Security; Testlet; Testlet assembly problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646175488     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605284350     Document Type: Article

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