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Wainer, H., Bradlow, E.T., Du, Z. (2000). Testlet Response Theory: An Analog for the 3PL Model Useful in Testlet-Based Adaptive Testing. In: van der Linden, W.J., Glas, G.A. (eds) Computerized Adaptive Testing: Theory and Practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47531-6_13
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