Adaptive measurement of individual change

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Kim Kang, Gyenam ^a   Weiss, David J ^b  

^a Korea Nazarene University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Difference score; Item response theory; Measuring change; Residual change score

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349182044     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409.216.1.49     Document Type: Article

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