Comparing the difficulty of examination subjects with item response theory

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-157

  Korobko, Oksana B ^a   Glas, Cees A W ^a   Bosker, Roel J ^b   Luyten, Johan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 43949130148     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: 17453984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.2007.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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