Test validity in cognitive assessment

Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment for Education: Theory and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 85-116

  Borsboom, Denny ^a   Mellenbergh, Gideon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84926966226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511611186.004     Document Type: Chapter

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