data.wide2long(dat, id=NULL, X=NULL, Q=NULL)

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# EXAMPLE 1: data.pisaRead
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miceadds::library_install("lme4")

data(data.pisaRead)
dat <- data.pisaRead$data
Q <- data.pisaRead$item   # item predictors

# define items
items <- colnames(dat)[ substring( colnames(dat), 1, 1 )=="R" ]
dat1 <- dat[, c( "idstud", items ) ]
# matrix with person predictors
X <- dat[, c("idschool", "hisei", "female", "migra") ]

# create dataset in long format
dat.long <- sirt::data.wide2long( dat=dat1, id="idstud", X=X, Q=Q )

#***
# Model 1: Rasch model
mod1 <- lme4::glmer( resp ~ 0 + ( 1 | idstud ) + as.factor(item), data=dat.long,
            family="binomial", verbose=TRUE)
summary(mod1)

#***
# Model 2: Rasch model and inclusion of person predictors
mod2 <- lme4::glmer( resp ~ 0 + ( 1 | idstud ) + as.factor(item) + female + hisei + migra,
           data=dat.long, family="binomial", verbose=TRUE)
summary(mod2)

#***
# Model 3: LLTM
mod3 <- lme4::glmer(resp ~ (1|idstud) + as.factor(ItemFormat) + as.factor(TextType),
            data=dat.long, family="binomial", verbose=TRUE)
summary(mod3)

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# EXAMPLE 2: Rasch model in lme4
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set.seed(765)
N <- 1000  # number of persons
I <- 10    # number of items
b <- seq(-2,2,length=I)
dat <- sirt::sim.raschtype( stats::rnorm(N,sd=1.2), b=b )
dat.long <- sirt::data.wide2long( dat=dat )
#***
# estimate Rasch model with lmer
library(lme4)
mod1 <- lme4::glmer( resp ~ 0 + as.factor( item ) + ( 1 | id_index), data=dat.long,
             verbose=TRUE, family="binomial")
summary(mod1)
  ##   Random effects:
  ##    Groups   Name        Variance Std.Dev.
  ##    id_index (Intercept) 1.454    1.206
  ##   Number of obs: 10000, groups: id_index, 1000
  ##
  ##   Fixed effects:
  ##                        Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
  ##   as.factor(item)I0001  2.16365    0.10541  20.527  < 2e-16 ***
  ##   as.factor(item)I0002  1.66437    0.09400  17.706  < 2e-16 ***
  ##   as.factor(item)I0003  1.21816    0.08700  14.002  < 2e-16 ***
  ##   as.factor(item)I0004  0.68611    0.08184   8.383  < 2e-16 ***
  ##   [...]

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