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Nathan Thompson, Assessment Systems Corporation: Introduction to CAT

The basics of item response theory

-       The item response function

-       The item information function

-       How to estimate examinee ability

The basics of CAT

-       Item bank

-       Starting point

-       Item selection algorithm

-       Ability estimation procedure

-       Termination criterion