23 Automatic Item Generation and Cognitive Psychology

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2006, Pages 747-768

  Embretson, Susan ^a   Yang, Xiangdong ^a  

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EID: 36348995751     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(06)26023-1     Document Type: Review

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