This function computes the parameter estimates of a linear partial credit model (LRSM) for polytomuous item responses by using CML estimation.
LPCM(X, W , mpoints = 1, groupvec = 1, se = TRUE, sum0 = TRUE,
etaStart)Returns on object of class 'eRm' containing:
Conditional log-likelihood.
Number of iterations.
Number of parameters.
See code output in nlm.
Estimated basic item parameters.
Standard errors of the estimated basic item parameters.
Estimated item (easiness) parameters.
Standard errors of item parameters.
Hessian matrix if se = TRUE.
Design matrix.
Data matrix.
Dichotomized data matrix.
Group membership vector.
The matched call.
Input data matrix or data frame; rows represent individuals (N in total),
columns represent items. Missing values are inserted as NA.
Design matrix for the LPCM. If omitted, the function will compute W automatically.
Number of measurement points.
Vector of length N which determines the group membership of each subject, starting from 1
If TRUE, the standard errors are computed.
If TRUE, the parameters are normalized to sum-0 by specifying
an appropriate W. If FALSE, the first parameter is restricted to 0.
A vector of starting values for the eta parameters can be specified. If missing, the 0-vector is used.
Patrick Mair, Reinhold Hatzinger
Through appropriate definition of W the LPCM can be viewed as a more parsimonous
PCM, on the one hand, e.g. by imposing some cognitive base operations
to solve the items. One the other hand, linear extensions of the Rasch model
such as group comparisons and repeated measurement designs can be computed.
If more than one measurement point is examined, the item responses for the 2nd, 3rd, etc.
measurement point are added column-wise in X.
If W is user-defined, it is nevertheless necessary to
specify mpoints and groupvec. It is important that first the time contrasts and
then the group contrasts have to be imposed.
Available methods for LPCM-objects are:
print, coef,
model.matrix, vcov,summary, logLik, person.parameters.
Fischer, G. H., and Molenaar, I. (1995). Rasch Models - Foundations, Recent Developements, and Applications. Springer.
Mair, P., and Hatzinger, R. (2007). Extended Rasch modeling: The eRm package for the application of IRT models in R. Journal of Statistical Software, 20(9), 1-20.
Mair, P., and Hatzinger, R. (2007). CML based estimation of extended Rasch models with the eRm package in R. Psychology Science, 49, 26-43.
LRSM,LLTM
#LPCM for two measurement points and two subject groups
#20 subjects, 2*3 items
G <- c(rep(1,10),rep(2,10)) #group vector
res <- LPCM(lpcmdat, mpoints = 2, groupvec = G)
res
summary(res)
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