Simulation locally dependent items
This utility function returns a 0-1 matrix violating the local independence assumption.
sim.locdep(persons, items, it.cor = 0.25, seed = NULL, cutpoint = "randomized")
persons |
Either a vector of person parameters or an integer indicating the number of persons (see details). |
items |
Either a vector of item parameters or an integer indicating the number of items (see details). |
it.cor |
Either a single correlation value between 0 and 1 or a positive semi-definite VC matrix. |
seed |
A seed for the random number generated can be set. |
cutpoint |
Either |
If persons or items is an integer value, the corresponding parameter vector
is drawn from N(0,1). The cutpoint argument refers to the transformation of the theoretical
probabilities into a 0-1 data matrix. A randomized assingment implies that for each cell an
additional random number is drawn. If the model probability is larger than this value,
the person gets 1 on this particular item, if smaller, 0 is assigned. Alternatively, a numeric probability cutpoint can be assigned and the 0-1 scoring is carried out according to the same rule.
The argument it.cor reflects the pair-wise inter-item correlation. If this should be constant
across the items, a single value between 0 (i.e. Rasch model) and 1 (strong violation) can be specified.
Alternatively, a symmetric VC-matrix of dimension number of items can be defined.
Jannarone, R. J. (1986). Conjunctive item response theory kernels. Psychometrika, 51, 357-373.
Su\'arez-Falc\'on, J. C., & Glas, C. A. W. (2003). Evaluation of global testing procedures for item fit to the Rasch model. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Society, 56, 127-143.
#simulating locally-dependent data #500 persons, 10 items, inter-item correlation of 0.5 X <- sim.locdep(500, 10, it.cor = 0.5) #500 persons, 4 items, correlation matrix specified sigma <- matrix(c(1,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.2,1,0.4,0.1,0.2,0.4,1,0.8,0.3,0.1,0.8,1), ncol = 4) X <- sim.locdep(500, 4, it.cor = sigma)
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