A Brief History of Item Theory Response

  1. R. Darrell Bock

Article first published online: 25 OCT 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1997.tb00605.x

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Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volume 16, Issue 4, pages 21–33, December 1997

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Bock, R. D. (1997), A Brief History of Item Theory Response. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 16: 21–33. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1997.tb00605.x

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  1. Professor in the Department of Psychology and of Education at the University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL 60637. His specializations are multivariate statistical methods, psychometrics, item response theory, growth modeling, and behavior genetics.

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  1. Issue published online: 25 OCT 2005
  2. Article first published online: 25 OCT 2005

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