A new stopping rule for computerized adaptive testing

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-53

  Choi, Seung W ^a   Grady, Matthew W ^b   Dodd, Barbara G ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized adaptive testing (CAT); stopping rule; testing burden

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951701403     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410387338     Document Type: Article

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