Including empirical prior information in test administration

Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 173-181

  Matteucci, Mariagiulia ^a   Veldkamp, Bernard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; EDUCATIONAL TESTS; PRIOR INFORMATION;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84888216106     PISSN: 14318814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13312-1_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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