Computerized Adaptive Testing: Overview and Introduction

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Meijer, Rob R ^a   Nering, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84990341044     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466219922031310     Document Type: Editorial

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