An empirical comparison of item response theory and classical test theory;Empirična primerjava teorije odgovora na postavko in klasične testne teorije

Psiholoska Obzorja

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 5-24

  Progar, Špela ^a   Sočan, Gregor ^b  

^a Mirna Pe   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Item response theory; Measurement invariance; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859761881     PISSN: 13181874     EISSN: 23505141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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