Conditional item-exposure control in adaptive testing using item-ineligibility probabilities

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-418

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a   Veldkamp, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive testing; Conditional item exposure control; Item eligibility method; Uniform exposure rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049002066     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998606298044     Document Type: Article

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