On Test Purpose and Item Type: A Comment on Mason

Authors

  • Ronald W. Marx Simon Fraser University

Keywords:

Criterion-referenced measurement, Norm-referenced measurement, Test item types

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1979-01-01

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Marx, R. W. (1979). On Test Purpose and Item Type: A Comment on Mason. Canadian Journal of Education Revue Canadienne De l’éducation, 4(4), 14–19. Retrieved from https://cje-rce.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/8052

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (1979)

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