Constraint-weighted a-stratification for computerized adaptive testing with nonstatistical constraints: Balancing measurement efficiency and exposure control

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Cheng, Ying ^a   Chang, Hua Hua ^b   Douglas, Jeffrey ^b   Fanmin Guo, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Graduate Management Admissions Council   (United States)

Author keywords

CAT; Constraint weighted a stratification; Efficiency; Exposure control

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849156054     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164408322030     Document Type: Article

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