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psych (version 1.8.10)

Procedures for Psychological, Psychometric, and Personality Research

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A general purpose toolbox for personality, psychometric theory and experimental psychology. Functions are primarily for multivariate analysis and scale construction using factor analysis, principal component analysis, cluster analysis and reliability analysis, although others provide basic descriptive statistics. Item Response Theory is done using factor analysis of tetrachoric and polychoric correlations. Functions for analyzing data at multiple levels include within and between group statistics, including correlations and factor analysis. Functions for simulating and testing particular item and test structures are included. Several functions serve as a useful front end for structural equation modeling. Graphical displays of path diagrams, factor analysis and structural equation models are created using basic graphics. Some of the functions are written to support a book on psychometric theory as well as publications in personality research. For more information, see the web page.

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Functions in psych (1.8.10)

00.psych

A package for personality, psychometric, and psychological research
VSS

Apply the Very Simple Structure, MAP, and other criteria to determine the appropriate number of factors.
VSS.parallel

Compare real and random VSS solutions
Yule

From a two by two table, find the Yule coefficients of association, convert to phi, or tetrachoric, recreate table the table to create the Yule coefficient.
ability

16 ability items scored as correct or incorrect.
Gorsuch

Example data set from Gorsuch (1997) for an example factor extension.
affect

Two data sets of affect and arousal scores as a function of personality and movie conditions
Harman

Five data sets from Harman (1967). 9 cognitive variables from Holzinger and 8 emotional variables from Burt
ICC

Intraclass Correlations (ICC1, ICC2, ICC3 from Shrout and Fleiss)
block.random

Create a block randomized structure for n independent variables
iclust

iclust: Item Cluster Analysis -- Hierarchical cluster analysis using psychometric principles
ICLUST.cluster

Function to form hierarchical cluster analysis of items
ICLUST.rgraph

Draw an ICLUST graph using the Rgraphviz package
ICLUST.sort

Sort items by absolute size of cluster loadings
blot

Bond's Logical Operations Test -- BLOT
ICLUST.graph

create control code for ICLUST graphical output
alpha

Find two estimates of reliability: Cronbach's alpha and Guttman's Lambda 6.
SD

Find the Standard deviation for a vector, matrix, or data.frame - do not return error if there are no cases
cohen.d

Find Cohen d and confidence intervals
Schmid

12 variables created by Schmid and Leiman to show the Schmid-Leiman Transformation
cortest.bartlett

Bartlett's test that a correlation matrix is an identity matrix
KMO

Find the Kaiser, Meyer, Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy
cattell

12 cognitive variables from Cattell (1963)
bi.bars

Draw pairs of bargraphs based on two groups
Bechtoldt

Seven data sets showing a bifactor solution.
biplot.psych

Draw biplots of factor or component scores by factor or component loadings
Promax

Perform Procustes,bifactor, promax or targeted rotations and return the inter factor angles.
circ.tests

Apply four tests of circumplex versus simple structure
bestScales

A bootstrap aggregation (bagging) function for choosing most predictive items
blant

A 29 x 29 matrix that produces weird factor analytic results
cor.smooth

Smooth a non-positive definite correlation matrix to make it positive definite
cortest.mat

Chi square tests of whether a single matrix is an identity matrix, or a pair of matrices are equal.
bfi

25 Personality items representing 5 factors
cor.wt

The sample size weighted correlation may be used in correlating aggregated data
bock

Bock and Liberman (1970) data set of 1000 observations of the LSAT
comorbidity

Convert base rates of two diagnoses and their comorbidity into phi, Yule, and tetrachorics
cta

Simulate the C(ues) T(endency) A(ction) model of motivation
burt

11 emotional variables from Burt (1915)
fa.poly

Deprecated Exploratory Factor analysis functions. Please use fa
cluster.plot

Plot factor/cluster loadings and assign items to clusters by their highest loading.
cubits

Galton's example of the relationship between height and 'cubit' or forearm length
Dwyer

8 cognitive variables used by Dwyer for an example.
error.bars.by

Plot means and confidence intervals for multiple groups
describe

Basic descriptive statistics useful for psychometrics
describeBy

Basic summary statistics by group
errorCircles

Two way plots of means, error bars, and sample sizes
df2latex

Convert a data frame, correlation matrix, or factor analysis output to a LaTeX table
epi.bfi

13 personality scales from the Eysenck Personality Inventory and Big 5 inventory
cor.plot

Create an image plot for a correlation or factor matrix
cor.ci

Bootstrapped confidence intervals for raw and composite correlations
error.bars

Plot means and confidence intervals
cor2dist

Convert correlations to distances (necessary to do multidimensional scaling of correlation data)
esem

Perform and Exploratory Structural Equation Model (ESEM) by using factor extension techniques
fa

Exploratory Factor analysis using MinRes (minimum residual) as well as EFA by Principal Axis, Weighted Least Squares or Maximum Likelihood
factor.scores

Various ways to estimate factor scores for the factor analysis model
eigen.loadings

Convert eigen vectors and eigen values to the more normal (for psychologists) component loadings
headTail

Combine calls to head and tail
factor.stats

Find various goodness of fit statistics for factor analysis and principal components
heights

A data.frame of the Galton (1888) height and cubit data set.
msq

75 mood items from the Motivational State Questionnaire for 3896 participants
fa.lookup

A set of functions for factorial and empirical scale construction
corFiml

Find a Full Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) correlation or covariance matrix from a data matrix with missing data
Garcia

Data from the sexism (protest) study of Garcia, Schmitt, Branscome, and Ellemers (2010)
fa.parallel

Scree plots of data or correlation matrix compared to random ``parallel" matrices
msqR

75 mood items from the Motivational State Questionnaire for 3032 unique participants
dfOrder

Sort (order) a dataframe or matrix by multiple columns
fa.random

A first approximation to Random Effects Exploratory Factor Analysis
fa.sort

Sort factor analysis or principal components analysis loadings
splitHalf

Alternative estimates of test reliabiity
harmonic.mean

Find the harmonic mean of a vector, matrix, or columns of a data.frame
Gleser

Example data from Gleser, Cronbach and Rajaratnam (1965) to show basic principles of generalizability theory.
cluster2keys

Convert a cluster vector (from e.g., kmeans) to a keys matrix suitable for scoring item clusters.
fisherz

Transformations of r, d, and t including Fisher r to z and z to r and confidence intervals
corr.test

Find the correlations, sample sizes, and probability values between elements of a matrix or data.frame.
correct.cor

Find dis-attenuated correlations given correlations and reliabilities
galton

Galton's Mid parent child height data
omega.graph

Graph hierarchical factor structures
omega

Calculate McDonald's omega estimates of general and total factor saturation
phi.demo

A simple demonstration of the Pearson, phi, and polychoric corelation
diagram

Helper functions for drawing path model diagrams
geometric.mean

Find the geometric mean of a vector or columns of a data.frame.
error.crosses

Plot x and y error bars
error.dots

Show a dot.chart with error bars for different groups or variables
irt.fa

Item Response Analysis by Exploratory Factor Analysis of tetrachoric/polychoric correlations
fa.diagram

Graph factor loading matrices
irt.item.diff.rasch

Simple function to estimate item difficulties using IRT concepts
phi2tetra

Convert a phi coefficient to a tetrachoric correlation
psych.misc

Miscellaneous helper functions for the psych package
fa.extension

Apply Dwyer's factor extension to find factor loadings for extended variables
mixedCor

Find correlations for mixtures of continuous, polytomous, and dichotomous variables
schmid

Apply the Schmid Leiman transformation to a correlation matrix
cushny

A data set from Cushny and Peebles (1905) on the effect of three drugs on hours of sleep, used by Student (1908)
densityBy

Create a 'violin plot' or density plot of the distribution of a set of variables
Schutz

The Schutz correlation matrix example from Shapiro and ten Berge
peas

Galton`s Peas
glb.algebraic

Find the greatest lower bound to reliability.
factor.fit

How well does the factor model fit a correlation matrix. Part of the VSS package
kaiser

Apply the Kaiser normalization when rotating factors
cohen.kappa

Find Cohen's kappa and weighted kappa coefficients for correlation of two raters
factor.model

Find R = F F' + U2 is the basic factor model
ellipses

Plot data and 1 and 2 sigma correlation ellipses
Tucker

9 Cognitive variables discussed by Tucker and Lewis (1973)
phi

Find the phi coefficient of correlation between two dichotomous variables
principal

Principal components analysis (PCA)
make.keys

Create a keys matrix for use by score.items or cluster.cor
outlier

Find and graph Mahalanobis squared distances to detect outliers
VSS.plot

Plot VSS fits
p.rep

Find the probability of replication for an F, t, or r and estimate effect size
mat.sort

Sort the elements of a correlation matrix to reflect factor loadings
matrix.addition

A function to add two vectors or matrices
score.alpha

Score scales and find Cronbach's alpha as well as associated statistics
VSS.scree

Plot the successive eigen values for a scree test
epi

Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) data for 3570 participants
print.psych

Print and summary functions for the psych class
fa.multi

Multi level (hierarchical) factor analysis
cities

Distances between 11 US cities
sim.VSS

create VSS like data
scoreOverlap

Find correlations of composite variables (corrected for overlap) from a larger matrix.
cluster.fit

cluster Fit: fit of the cluster model to a correlation matrix
cluster.loadings

Find item by cluster correlations, corrected for overlap and reliability
factor.congruence

Coefficient of factor congruence
residuals.psych

Extract residuals from various psych objects
reverse.code

Reverse the coding of selected items prior to scale analysis
sim.anova

Simulate a 3 way balanced ANOVA or linear model, with or without repeated measures.
mediate

Estimate and display direct and indirect effects of mediators and moderator in path models
factor2cluster

Extract cluster definitions from factor loadings
structure.list

Create factor model matrices from an input list
iclust.diagram

Draw an ICLUST hierarchical cluster structure diagram
Utility

Useful utility functions for file/directory exploration and manipulation.
income

US family income from US census 2008
superMatrix

Form a super matrix from two sub matrices.
logistic

Logistic transform from x to p and logit transform from p to x
lowerUpper

Combine two square matrices to have a lower off diagonal for one, upper off diagonal for the other
mssd

Find von Neuman's Mean Square of Successive Differences
multi.hist

Multiple histograms with density and normal fits on one page
sai

State Anxiety data from the PMC lab over multiple occasions.
scoreIrt

Find Item Response Theory (IRT) based scores for dichotomous or polytomous items
sat.act

3 Measures of ability: SATV, SATQ, ACT
paired.r

Test the difference between (un)paired correlations
setCor

Set Correlation and Multiple Regression from matrix or raw input
pairs.panels

SPLOM, histograms and correlations for a data matrix
sim

Functions to simulate psychological/psychometric data.
parcels

Find miniscales (parcels) of size 2 or 3 from a set of items
spi

A sample from the SAPA Personality Inventory including an item dictionary and scoring keys.
scoreItems

Score item composite scales and find Cronbach's alpha, Guttman lambda 6 and item whole correlations
statsBy

Find statistics (including correlations) within and between groups for basic multilevel analyses
cosinor

Functions for analysis of circadian or diurnal data
spider

Make "radar" or "spider" plots.
pairwiseCount

Count number of pairwise cases for a data set with missing (NA) data and impute values.
structure.diagram

Draw a structural equation model specified by two measurement models and a structural model
plot.psych

Plotting functions for the psych package of class ``psych"
partial.r

Find the partial correlations for a set (x) of variables with set (y) removed.
table2matrix

Convert a table with counts to a matrix or data.frame representing those counts.
winsor

Find the Winsorized scores, means, sds or variances for a vector, matrix, or data.frame
Tal_Or

Data set testing causal direction in presumed media influence
test.irt

A simple demonstration (and test) of various IRT scoring algorthims.
withinBetween

An example of the distinction between within group and between group correlations
test.psych

Testing of functions in the psych package
polychor.matrix

Phi or Yule coefficient matrix to polychoric coefficient matrix
polar

Convert Cartesian factor loadings into polar coordinates
predict.psych

Prediction function for factor analysis or principal components
scaling.fits

Test the adequacy of simple choice, logistic, or Thurstonian scaling.
score.multiple.choice

Score multiple choice items and provide basic test statistics
scrub

A utility for basic data cleaning and recoding. Changes values outside of minimum and maximum limits to NA.
mardia

Calculate univariate or multivariate (Mardia's test) skew and kurtosis for a vector, matrix, or data.frame
draw.tetra

Draw a correlation ellipse and two normal curves to demonstrate tetrachoric correlation
dummy.code

Create dummy coded variables
smc

Find the Squared Multiple Correlation (SMC) of each variable with the remaining variables in a matrix
testRetest

Find various test-retest statistics, including test, person and item reliability
tetrachoric

Tetrachoric, polychoric, biserial and polyserial correlations from various types of input
factor.residuals

R* = R- F F'
scatterHist

Draw a scatter plot with associated X and Y histograms, densities and correlation
sim.congeneric

Simulate a congeneric data set
sim.hierarchical

Create a population or sample correlation matrix, perhaps with hierarchical structure.
sim.item

Generate simulated data structures for circumplex, spherical, or simple structure
sim.multilevel

Simulate multilevel data with specified within group and between group correlations
thurstone

Thurstone Case V scaling
tr

Find the trace of a square matrix
interp.median

Find the interpolated sample median, quartiles, or specific quantiles for a vector, matrix, or data frame
factor.rotate

``Hand" rotate a factor loading matrix
unidim

Several indices of the unidimensionality of a set of variables.
vegetables

Paired comparison of preferences for 9 vegetables
iqitems

16 multiple choice IQ items
irt.1p

Item Response Theory estimate of theta (ability) using a Rasch (like) model
irt.responses

Plot probability of multiple choice responses as a function of a latent trait
multilevel.reliability

Find and plot various reliability/gneralizability coefficients for multilevel data
neo

NEO correlation matrix from the NEO_PI_R manual
r.test

Tests of significance for correlations
rangeCorrection

Correct correlations for restriction of range. (Thorndike Case 2)
read.file

Shortcuts for reading from the clipboard or a file
rescale

Function to convert scores to ``conventional " metrics
sim.structure

Create correlation matrices or data matrices with a particular measurement and structural model
simulation.circ

Simulations of circumplex and simple structure
AUC

Decision Theory measures of specificity, sensitivity, and d prime