prepare_tirt_stan_data: Prepare pairwise list data for Stan

In autoFC: Automatic Toolkit for Construction, Optimization, Scoring and Simulation of Forced-Choice Tests

Prepare pairwise list data for Stan

Description

Prepare pairwise list data for Stan

Usage

prepare_tirt_stan_data(
  pairwise_data,
  n_blocks,
  block_size,
  key_matrix,
  trait_col,
  key_col,
  apply_heister = FALSE
)

Arguments

pairwise_data	A data frame of binary pairwise outcomes (output of convert_ranks_to_pairwise or convert_mole_to_pairwise).
n_blocks	Integer. Number of blocks in the questionnaire.
block_size	Integer. Number of items per block.
key_matrix	A data.frame indicating item trait and item sign.
trait_col	Character string. The name of the column in key_matrix indicating the trait measured by the item.
key_col	Character string. The name of the column in key_matrix indicating the keying direction of the item (e.g., positive/negative).
apply_heister	Experimental. Logical. Should the optimization techinques proposed by Heister et al., (2025) be applied? Default is FALSE.

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