Comparison of CAT item selection criteria for polytomous items

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 419-440

  Choi, Seung W ^a   Swartz, Richard J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Item response theory; Polytomous models

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249110848     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621608327801     Document Type: Article

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