Comparison Between Dichotomous and Polytomous Scoring of Innovative Items in a Large-Scale Computerized Adaptive Test

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-509

  Jiao, Hong ^a   Liu, Junhui ^a   Haynie, Kathleen ^b   Woo, Ada ^c   Gorham, Jerry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Haynie Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING   (United States)

^d Pearson   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized adaptive test; innovative items; partial credit model; polytomous scoring; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864812682     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164411422903     Document Type: Article

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