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An application of confidence intervals and of maximum likelihood to the estimation of an examinee's ability

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  • Frederic Lord, 1953. "An application of confidence intervals and of maximum likelihood to the estimation of an examinee's ability," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 18(1), pages 57-76, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:psycho:v:18:y:1953:i:1:p:57-76
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02289028
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    1. George Ferguson, 1942. "Item selection by the constant process," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 7(1), pages 19-29, March.
    2. Maurice Lorr, 1944. "Interrelationships of number-correct and limen scores for an amount-limit test," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 9(1), pages 17-30, March.
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