Equating scores from adaptive to linear tests

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 493-508

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing (CAT); Equipercentile equating; Local equating; Reference tests; Score reporting; Test characteristic function equating

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749858572     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605287423     Document Type: Article

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