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Assembling an Inventory of Multistage Adaptive Testing Systems

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There exists a natural tension between the goal of creating a large enough item bank to preserve the equivalency and security of test questions and that of cost reduction and efficiency for inventory creation.

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  1. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1230 Corporate Parkway Avenue, Ewing, NJ, 08628–3018, USA

    Krista Breithaupt

  2. Department of Research Methodology, Measurement, and Data Analysis, University of Twente, 217, 7500, AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Adelaide A. Ariel

  3. Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada

    Donovan R. Hare

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    Wim J. van der Linden

  2. Fac. Behavioural Sciences, Twente University, Enschede, Netherlands

    Cees A.W. Glas

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Breithaupt, K., Ariel, A.A., Hare, D.R. (2009). Assembling an Inventory of Multistage Adaptive Testing Systems. In: van der Linden, W., Glas, C. (eds) Elements of Adaptive Testing. Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85461-8_13

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