Predicting item exposure parameters in computerized adaptive testing

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-91

  Chen, Shu Ying ^a   Doong, Shing Hwang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; APTITUDE TESTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 44349187346     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711006X129553     Document Type: Article

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