Plink: An R package for linking mixed-format tests using IRT-based methods

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-33

  Weeks, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain linking; Item response theory; Mixed format tests; R; Separate calibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955161952     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v035.i12     Document Type: Article

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