25 Statistical Aspects of Adaptive Testing

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2006, Pages 801-838

  van der Linden, Wim J ^a   Glas, Cees A W ^a  

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EID: 67649364216     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(06)26025-5     Document Type: Review

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