fastcub0q

Function to estimate and validate a CUB model for given ordinal responses, with covariates for
explaining the feeling component.

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For ordinal rating data, consider the accelerated EM algorithm to estimate and test models within the family of
CUB models (where CUB stands for Combination of a
discrete Uniform and a shifted Binomial distributions). The procedure is built upon Louis' identity for the observed information matrix. Best-subset variable selection is then implemented since it becomes more feasible from the computational point of view.

Rosaria Simone

FastCUB

Fast Estimation of CUB Models via Louis' Identity

fastcub0q function

<dl><dt>m</dt>
<dd>Number of ordinal categories</dd>
<dt>ordinal</dt>
<dd>Vector of ordinal responses</dd>
<dt>W</dt>
<dd>Matrix of selected covariates for explaining the feeling component, not including intercept</dd>
<dt>starting</dt>
<dd>Starting values for the algorithm</dd>
<dt>maxiter</dt>
<dd>Maximum number of iterations allowed for running the optimization algorithm</dd>
<dt>toler</dt>
<dd>Fixed error tolerance for final estimates</dd>
<dt>iterc</dt>
<dd>Iteration from which the acceleration strategy starts</dd>
<dt>invgen</dt>
<dd>Logical: should the recursive formula for the inverse of the information matrix be considered? (Default is TRUE)</dd></dl>

Arguments

Main function for CUB models with covariates for the feeling component — fastcub0q

<dl>

<dt>m</dt>
<dd>Number of ordinal categories</dd>


<dt>ordinal</dt>
<dd>Vector of ordinal responses</dd>


<dt>W</dt>
<dd>Matrix of selected covariates for explaining the feeling component, not including intercept</dd>


<dt>starting</dt>
<dd>Starting values for the algorithm</dd>


<dt>maxiter</dt>
<dd>Maximum number of iterations allowed for running the optimization algorithm</dd>


<dt>toler</dt>
<dd>Fixed error tolerance for final estimates</dd>


<dt>iterc</dt>
<dd>Iteration from which the acceleration strategy starts</dd>


<dt>invgen</dt>
<dd>Logical: should the recursive formula for the inverse of the information matrix be considered? (Default is TRUE)</dd>

</dl>

fastcub0q: Main function for CUB models with covariates for the feeling component

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