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van Krimpen-Stoop, E.M.L.A., Meijer, R.R. (2000). Detecting Person Misfit in Adaptive Testing Using Statistical Process Control Techniques. 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_11

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