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rpf (version 0.3)

rpf.gpcm: Create a generalized partial credit model and associated hyperparameters.

Description

This function instantiates a generalized partial credit model. The discrimination prior defaults to the lognormal distribution with meanlog=0 and sdlog=.5.

Usage

rpf.gpcm(numOutcomes = 2, dimensions = 1, D = 1,
    multidimensional)

Arguments

numOutcomes
The number of choices available
dimensions
the number of dimensions
D
defaults to 1 or pass in rpf.ogive
multidimensional
whether to use a multidimensional model. Defaults to TRUE when dimensions>1 and FALSE when dimensions==1.

Value

  • an item model

Details

It is not yet possible to further customize the Bayesian priors. The API will change before the 1.0 release.

References

Baker & Kim (2004). Item Response Theory: Parameter Estimation Techniques. Marcel Dekker, Inc.