The probability of obtaining two statistically different test scores as a test index

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 601-611

  Müller, Jörg M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classical test theory (CTT); Formal test description; Item response theory (IRT); Least significant difference (LSD); Person parameter distribution; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745968219     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405284034     Document Type: Article

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