Testing the test: Item response curves and test quality

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 449-453

  Morris, Gary A ^a   Branum Martin, Lee ^b   Harshman, Nathan ^c   Baker, Stephen D ^d   Mazur, Eric ^e   Dutta, Suvendra ^e   Mzoughi, Taha ^f,g   McCauley, Veronica ^h  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 33646856659     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2174053     Document Type: Article

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