Unbiased estimators of ability parameters, of their variance, and of their parallel-forms reliability

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Publication:790573

DOI10.1007/BF02294018zbMath0534.62080MaRDI QIDQ790573

Frederic M. Lord

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)




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