Utilizing Response Time Distributions for Item Selection in CAT

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-670

  Fan, Zhewen ^a   Wang, Chun ^b   Chang, Hua Hua ^b   Douglas, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Precision Therapeutics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized adaptive testing; item exposure control; lognormal model; maximum item selection per time unit; response times

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866856052     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998611422912     Document Type: Article

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