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Version 1.1 of the MiscPsycho package had been uploaded to CRAN. The package has been updated to include the following: 1) The irt.ability() function that estimates examinee ability given a set of item parameters. The function is very general and can be used to estimate ability when there are only dichotomous items (1-, 2-, or 3PL), only polytomous items (generalized partial credit model), or a

Version 1.1 of the MiscPsycho package had been uploaded to CRAN. The package has been updated to include the following: 1) The irt.ability() function that estimates examinee ability given a set of item parameters. The function is very general and can be used to estimate ability when there are only dichotomous items (1-, 2-, or 3PL), only polytomous items (generalized partial credit model), or a

I have the following item response theory (IRT) likelihood that I want to maximize w.r.t. to theta (student ability). L(\theta) = \prod(p(x)) Where p(x) is the 3-parameter logistic model when items are scored dichotomously (x_{ij} = 0 or 1) and p(x) is Muraki's generalized partial credit model when items are scored polytomously (x_{ij} = 0 \ldots J). Now, I wrote the following two functions

An updated version of the Miscellaneous Psychometrics package has been updated to CRAN. The following updates are included in the package: 1) An implementation of the Stocking-Lord procedure for linking test scales. 2) An implementation of the Levenshtein algorithm for comparing character strings 3) stringProbs, a function for computing the probability of a given Levenshtein Distance 4) Three

I have just submitted MiscPsycho to CRAN. MiscPsycho contains functions for miscellaneous psychometrics that may be useful for applied psychometricians. MML estimation already exists in the ltm package. Hence, a jml option is provided for users who prefer this method. The jml function gives back rasch difficulties and the same Infit and Outfit statistics as Winsteps. Also, jml is known to return

I have just submitted MiscPsycho to CRAN. MiscPsycho contains functions for miscellaneous psychometrics that may be useful for applied psychometricians. MML estimation already exists in the ltm package. Hence, a jml option is provided for users who prefer this method. The jml function gives back rasch difficulties and the same Infit and Outfit statistics as Winsteps. Also, jml is known to return

An updated version of the package plink has been uploaded to CRAN. This is a major revision that now includes multidimensional models and methods. plink is a package for conducting unidimensional and multidimensional IRT-based test linking using separate calibration methods for multiple groups for single-format or mixed-format common items. The package supports sixteen IRT models and eleven

An updated version of the package plink has been uploaded to CRAN. This is a major revision that now includes multidimensional models and methods. plink is a package for conducting unidimensional and multidimensional IRT-based test linking using separate calibration methods for multiple groups for single-format or mixed-format common items. The package supports sixteen IRT models and eleven

By the end of the day I will have a vignette completed for MiscPsycho. This vignette lays out the mathematical details for the primary functions in the package and provides substantive examples on how to use these functions in a sample session. This vignette will ultimately end up being distributed with the package itself. However, I plan to build new versions slowly. So, if you would like a copy

In the near future I will release MiscPsycho, a package that contains various functions useful for applied psychometricians. I would like to include some data sets for distribution in the package, but have not created any of these on my own, but have used data distributed in other packages such as the LSAT data in the ltm package. Is it appropriate for me to distribute a data set in the package I

The first version of the package plink has been uploaded to CRAN. plink is a package for conducting unidimensional IRT scaling and chain linking for multiple groups for single-format or mixed-format common items. The package supports eight IRT models and four calibration methods. Dichotomous Models: 1PL, 2PL, 3PL Polytomous Models: -Graded response model -Partial credit model -Generalized

The first version of the package plink has been uploaded to CRAN. plink is a package for conducting unidimensional IRT scaling and chain linking for multiple groups for single-format or mixed-format common items. The package supports eight IRT models and four calibration methods. Dichotomous Models: 1PL, 2PL, 3PL Polytomous Models: -Graded response model -Partial credit model -Generalized

Hello R, I am looking for non-parametric simulation in IRT. Is there any IRT package that does non-parametric simulation? helen L [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

I am writing a small function to approximate an integral that cannot be evaluated in closed form. I am partially successful at this point and am experiencing one small, albeit important problem. Here is part of my function below. This is a psychometric problem for dichotomously scored test items where x is a vector of 1s or 0s denoting whether the respondent answered the item correctly (1) or

Version 1.5 of the MiscPsycho package had been uploaded to CRAN (should hit mirrors in a day or so). This package has a set of functions that may be useful for psychometric applications. The package has been updated to include the following: 1) All functions (where appropriate) now use standard formula arguments 2) All functions now use S3 print and summary methods 3) Help files have been

Dear R-users, I'd like to announce the release of the new version of package `ltm' (i.e., ltm_0.8-0 soon available from CRAN) for Item Response Theory analyses. This package provides a flexible framework for analyzing dichotomous and polytomous data under IRT, including the Rasch model, the Two-Parameter Logistic model, Birnbaum's Three-Parameter model, the Latent Trait model

Dear R-users, I'd like to announce the release of the new version of package `ltm' (i.e., ltm_0.8-0 soon available from CRAN) for Item Response Theory analyses. This package provides a flexible framework for analyzing dichotomous and polytomous data under IRT, including the Rasch model, the Two-Parameter Logistic model, Birnbaum's Three-Parameter model, the Latent Trait model

Dear List I apologize for the multiple postings. After being in the weeds on this problem for a while I think my original post may have been a little cryptic. I think I can be clearer. Essentially, I need the following a <- c(2,3) b <- c(4,5,6) (2*4) + (2*5) + (2*6) + (3*4) + (3*5) +(3*6) But I do not know of a built in function that would do this. Any suggestions? -----Original

I've been building, checking, and installing a package all day today with no errors. I have even been able to bring the package into R on my machine and use it all day doing test runs. However, now, when I run Rcmd check, I get errors. Keep in mind not one thing has changed. I haven't touched any of the functions or .Rd files, yet I get the error below at this point and the package cannot

Dear R-users, I'd like to announce the release of the new version of package 'ltm' (i.e., ltm_0.9-0 soon available from CRAN) for Item Response Theory analyses. This package provides a flexible framework for analyzing dichotomous and polytomous data under various IRT models. Furthermore, supporting functions for descriptive statistics, goodness-of-fit, ability estimation and