Comparison of exposure controls, item pool characteristics, and population distributions for CAT using the partial credit model

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-175

  Lee, Hwa Young ^a   Dodd, Barbara G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized adaptive testing; exposure control procedure; item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863139269     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164411411296     Document Type: Article

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