poly2dich: Change polytomous items to dichotomous item format
Description
Transforms a matrix of items into a new matrix where the select polytomous items have been
converted into comparable dichotomous items with the same information.
Usage
poly2dich(data, which.items = 1:ncol(data))
Arguments
data
an object of class data.frame or matrix
which.items
a vector indicating which items should be transformed into the
dichotomous form. Default uses all input items
Value
Returns an integer matrix
References
Chalmers, R., P. (2012). mirt: A Multidimensional Item Response Theory
Package for the R Environment. Journal of Statistical Software, 48(6), 1-29.
10.18637/jss.v048.i06
# NOT RUN {# }# NOT RUN {data(Science)
head(Science)
newScience <- poly2dich(Science)
head(newScience)
newScience2 <- poly2dich(Science, which.items = 2)
head(newScience2)
# }# NOT RUN {# }