A strategy for optimizing item-pool management

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-96

  Ariel, Adelaide ^a   Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a   Veldkamp, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33646672212     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: 17453984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.2006.00006.x     Document Type: Review

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