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termSPRT <-
function( cat_par, cat_resp, cat_theta,
catTerm, ... ){
# NOTE 1: cat_par need JUST to be the item parameters.
# NOTE 2: --> "i" is the person index, "j" is the item index, "k" is the bound index.
# --> "i" was specified in the first (catSim) for loop.
j <- length(!is.na(cat_resp))
c.term <- catTerm$c.term
likRat <- NULL
# Making sure that the category names are what we want:
if( is.null(c.term$categ) | (length(c.term$categ) != length(c.term$bounds) + 1) )
c.term$categ <- 1:(length(c.term$bounds) + 1)
# Attach all of the arguments to make them easier to call:
bounds <- c.term$bounds # actual bounds
categ.all <- c.term$categ # actual categories
delta <- c.term$delta # half-width of indif
alpha <- c.term$alpha # error rate 1
beta <- c.term$beta # error rate 2
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
# Setting up Stuff #
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
c.lower <- log( beta/(1 - alpha) ) # lower critical
c.upper <- log( (1 - beta)/alpha ) # upper critical
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
# Calculating #
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
# Hopefully, the class of cat_resp will be "brm" or "grm" at this point.
# The logLikelihood ratio for each bounds
for( k in seq_along(bounds) ){
likRat[k] <- { logLik(u = cat_resp, params = cat_par, theta = bounds[k] + delta) -
logLik(u = cat_resp, params = cat_par, theta = bounds[k] - delta) }
} # END for LOOP
likRat <- c(c.upper + .000001, likRat, c.lower - .000001)
#~~~~~~~~~#
# Testing #
#~~~~~~~~~#
# Types of decisions: 1, 2, 3, ... , bounds + 1
# No decision: clear = 0
# Decision: clear = 1
for( k in 1:(length(bounds) + 1) ){
if( (likRat[k] >= c.upper) & (likRat[k + 1] <= c.lower) ){
categ <- categ.all[k]
clear <- 1
break
} else {
categ <- NA
clear <- 0
} # END if STATEMENTS
} # END for LOOP
return( categ )
} # END SPRT FUNCTION
# Additional? Change calculation or critical values based on Spray (1993)?
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