Equating error in observed-score equating

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 355-378

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias in equating; Equating error; Equipercentile equating; IRT observed score equating; Local equating; Mean squared error of equating; Observed score equating

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746601013     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621606289948     Document Type: Article

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