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ADAPQUEST: A Software for Web-Based Adaptive Questionnaires based on Bayesian Networks

@article{Bonesana2021ADAPQUESTAS,
  title={ADAPQUEST: A Software for Web-Based Adaptive Questionnaires based on Bayesian Networks},
  author={Claudio Bonesana and Francesca Mangili and Alessandro Antonucci},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2021},
  volume={abs/2112.14476}
}
We introduce ADAPQUEST, a software tool written in Java for the development of adaptive questionnaires based on Bayesian networks. Adaptiveness is intended here as the dynamical choice of the question sequence on the basis of an evolving model of the skill level of the test taker. Bayesian networks offer a flexible and highly interpretable framework to describe such testing process, especially when coping with multiple skills. ADAPQUEST embeds dedicated elicitation strategies to simplify the… 
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