Fixing the c parameter in the Three-Parameter logistic model

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Han, Kyung T ^a  

^a Graduate Management Admission Council   (United States)

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