sirt - Supplementary Item Response Theory Models

Supplementary functions for item response models aiming to complement existing R packages. The functionality includes among others multidimensional compensatory and noncompensatory IRT models (Reckase, 2009, <doi:10.1007/978-0-387-89976-3>), MCMC for hierarchical IRT models and testlet models (Fox, 2010, <doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0742-4>), NOHARM (McDonald, 1982, <doi:10.1177/014662168200600402>), Rasch copula model (Braeken, 2011, <doi:10.1007/s11336-010-9190-4>; Schroeders, Robitzsch & Schipolowski, 2014, <doi:10.1111/jedm.12054>), faceted and hierarchical rater models (DeCarlo, Kim & Johnson, 2011, <doi:10.1111/j.1745-3984.2011.00143.x>), ordinal IRT model (ISOP; Scheiblechner, 1995, <doi:10.1007/BF02301417>), DETECT statistic (Stout, Habing, Douglas & Kim, 1996, <doi:10.1177/014662169602000403>), local structural equation modeling (LSEM; Hildebrandt, Luedtke, Robitzsch, Sommer & Wilhelm, 2016, <doi:10.1080/00273171.2016.1142856>).

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item-response-theoryopenblascpp

9.79 score 23 stars 22 dependents 280 scripts 2.2k downloads

TAM - Test Analysis Modules

Includes marginal maximum likelihood estimation and joint maximum likelihood estimation for unidimensional and multidimensional item response models. The package functionality covers the Rasch model, 2PL model, 3PL model, generalized partial credit model, multi-faceted Rasch model, nominal item response model, structured latent class model, mixture distribution IRT models, and located latent class models. Latent regression models and plausible value imputation are also supported. For details see Adams, Wilson and Wang, 1997 <doi:10.1177/0146621697211001>, Adams, Wilson and Wu, 1997 <doi:10.3102/10769986022001047>, Formann, 1982 <doi:10.1002/bimj.4710240209>, Formann, 1992 <doi:10.1080/01621459.1992.10475229>.

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item-response-theoryopenblascpp

8.88 score 15 stars 25 dependents 258 scripts 2.6k downloads

miceadds - Some Additional Multiple Imputation Functions, Especially for 'mice'

Contains functions for multiple imputation which complements existing functionality in R. In particular, several imputation methods for the mice package (van Buuren & Groothuis-Oudshoorn, 2011, <doi:10.18637/jss.v045.i03>) are implemented. Main features of the miceadds package include plausible value imputation (Mislevy, 1991, <doi:10.1007/BF02294457>), multilevel imputation for variables at any level or with any number of hierarchical and non-hierarchical levels (Grund, Luedtke & Robitzsch, 2018, <doi:10.1177/1094428117703686>; van Buuren, 2018, Ch.7, <doi:10.1201/9780429492259>), imputation using partial least squares (PLS) for high dimensional predictors (Robitzsch, Pham & Yanagida, 2016), nested multiple imputation (Rubin, 2003, <doi:10.1111/1467-9574.00217>), substantive model compatible imputation (Bartlett et al., 2015, <doi:10.1177/0962280214521348>), and features for the generation of synthetic datasets (Reiter, 2005, <doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2004.00343.x>; Nowok, Raab, & Dibben, 2016, <doi:10.18637/jss.v074.i11>).

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missing-datamultiple-imputationopenblascpp

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CDM - Cognitive Diagnosis Modeling

Functions for cognitive diagnosis modeling and multidimensional item response modeling for dichotomous and polytomous item responses. This package enables the estimation of the DINA and DINO model (Junker & Sijtsma, 2001, <doi:10.1177/01466210122032064>), the multiple group (polytomous) GDINA model (de la Torre, 2011, <doi:10.1007/s11336-011-9207-7>), the multiple choice DINA model (de la Torre, 2009, <doi:10.1177/0146621608320523>), the general diagnostic model (GDM; von Davier, 2008, <doi:10.1348/000711007X193957>), the structured latent class model (SLCA; Formann, 1992, <doi:10.1080/01621459.1992.10475229>) and regularized latent class analysis (Chen, Li, Liu, & Ying, 2017, <doi:10.1007/s11336-016-9545-6>). See George, Robitzsch, Kiefer, Gross, and Uenlue (2017) <doi:10.18637/jss.v074.i02> or Robitzsch and George (2019, <doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05584-4_26>) for further details on estimation and the package structure. For tutorials on how to use the CDM package see George and Robitzsch (2015, <doi:10.20982/tqmp.11.3.p189>) as well as Ravand and Robitzsch (2015).

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cognitive-diagnostic-modelsitem-response-theorycpp

8.43 score 22 stars 28 dependents 138 scripts 2.1k downloads

LAM - Some Latent Variable Models

Includes some procedures for latent variable modeling with a particular focus on multilevel data. The 'LAM' package contains mean and covariance structure modelling for multivariate normally distributed data (mlnormal(); Longford, 1987; <doi:10.1093/biomet/74.4.817>), a general Metropolis-Hastings algorithm (amh(); Roberts & Rosenthal, 2001, <doi:10.1214/ss/1015346320>) and penalized maximum likelihood estimation (pmle(); Cole, Chu & Greenland, 2014; <doi:10.1093/aje/kwt245>).

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multilevel-modelsstructural-equation-modelingopenblascpp

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BIFIEsurvey - Tools for Survey Statistics in Educational Assessment

Contains tools for survey statistics (especially in educational assessment) for datasets with replication designs (jackknife, bootstrap, replicate weights; see Kolenikov, 2010; Pfefferman & Rao, 2009a, 2009b, <doi:10.1016/S0169-7161(09)70003-3>, <doi:10.1016/S0169-7161(09)70037-9>); Shao, 1996, <doi:10.1080/02331889708802523>). Descriptive statistics, linear and logistic regression, path models for manifest variables with measurement error correction and two-level hierarchical regressions for weighted samples are included. Statistical inference can be conducted for multiply imputed datasets and nested multiply imputed datasets and is in particularly suited for the analysis of plausible values (for details see George, Oberwimmer & Itzlinger-Bruneforth, 2016; Bruneforth, Oberwimmer & Robitzsch, 2016; Robitzsch, Pham & Yanagida, 2016). The package development was supported by BIFIE (Federal Institute for Educational Research, Innovation and Development of the Austrian School System; Salzburg, Austria).

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survey-statisticsopenblascpp

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pbv - Probabilities for Bivariate Normal Distribution

Computes probabilities of the bivariate normal distribution in a vectorized R function (Drezner & Wesolowsky, 1990, <doi:10.1080/00949659008811236>).

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cpp

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srm - Structural Equation Modeling for the Social Relations Model

Provides functionality for structural equation modeling for the social relations model (Kenny & La Voie, 1984; <doi:10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60144-6>; Warner, Kenny, & Soto, 1979, <doi:10.1037/0022-3514.37.10.1742>). Maximum likelihood estimation (Gill & Swartz, 2001, <doi:10.2307/3316080>; Nestler, 2018, <doi:10.3102/1076998617741106>) and least squares estimation is supported (Bond & Malloy, 2018, <doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-811967-9.00014-X>).

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openblascpp

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STARTS - Functions for the STARTS Model

Contains functions for estimating the STARTS model of Kenny and Zautra (1995, 2001) <DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.63.1.52>, <DOI:10.1037/10409-008>. Penalized maximum likelihood estimation and Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimation are also provided, see Luedtke, Robitzsch and Wagner (2018) <DOI:10.1037/met0000155>.

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mdmb - Model Based Treatment of Missing Data

Contains model-based treatment of missing data for regression models with missing values in covariates or the dependent variable using maximum likelihood or Bayesian estimation (Ibrahim et al., 2005; <doi:10.1198/016214504000001844>; Luedtke, Robitzsch, & West, 2020a, 2020b; <doi:10.1080/00273171.2019.1640104><doi:10.1037/met0000233>). The regression model can be nonlinear (e.g., interaction effects, quadratic effects or B-spline functions). Multilevel models with missing data in predictors are available for Bayesian estimation. Substantive-model compatible multiple imputation can be also conducted.

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missing-datamultiple-imputationopenblascpp

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immer - Item Response Models for Multiple Ratings

Implements some item response models for multiple ratings, including the hierarchical rater model, conditional maximum likelihood estimation of linear logistic partial credit model and a wrapper function to the commercial FACETS program. See Robitzsch and Steinfeld (2018) for a description of the functionality of the package. See Wang, Su and Qiu (2014; <doi:10.1111/jedm.12045>) for an overview of modeling alternatives.

Last updated 11 months ago

item-response-theorycpp

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mnlfa - Moderated Nonlinear Factor Analysis

Conducts moderated nonlinear factor analysis (e.g., Curran et al., 2014, <doi:10.1080/00273171.2014.889594>). Regularization methods are implemented for assessing non-invariant items. Currently, the package includes dichotomous items and unidimensional item response models. Extensions will be included in future package versions.

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