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Prepared as a technical report in connection with research partially supported by Office of Naval Research contract Nonr 1858-(15) and National Science Foundation Grant G-3407 to Princeton University, and by the Educational Testing Service. Reproduction of any part of this material is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.
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Gulliksen, H. Measurement of learning and mental abilities. Psychometrika 26, 93–107 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289688
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