get_age_equivalent: Get age equivalents of items that have a difficulty estimate

In dscore: D-Score for Child Development

Get age equivalents of items that have a difficulty estimate

Description

This function calculates the ages at which a certain percent in the reference population passes the items.

Usage

get_age_equivalent(
  items,
  pct = c(10, 50, 90),
  key = NULL,
  population = NULL,
  transform = NULL,
  itembank = dscore::builtin_itembank,
  xunit = c("decimal", "days", "months"),
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

items	A character vector containing names of items to be included into the D-score calculation. Milestone scores are coded numerically as 1 (pass) and 0 (fail). By default, D-score calculation is done on all items found in the data that have a difficulty parameter under the specified key.
pct	Numeric vector with requested percentiles (0-100). The default is pct = c(10, 50, 90).
key	String. Name of the key that bundles the difficulty estimates pertaining one the same Rasch model. View builtin_keys for an overview of the available keys.
population	String. The name of the reference population to calculate DAZ. Use unique(builtin_references$population) to obtain the set of currently available reference populations.
transform	Numeric vector, length 2, containing the intercept and slope of the linear transform from the logit scale into the the D-score scale. The default (NULL) searches builtin_keys for intercept and slope values.
itembank	A data.frame with at least two columns named item and tau. By default, the function uses dscore::builtin_itembank. If you specify your own itembank, then you should also provide the relevant transform and qp arguments.
xunit	A string specifying the unit in which age is measured (either "decimal", "days" or "months"). The default "decimal" corresponds to decimal age in years.
verbose	Logical. Print settings.

Value

data.frame with four columns: item, d (D-score), pct (percentile), and a (age-equivalent, in xunit units).

Note

The function internally defines a scale factor given the key.

Examples

get_age_equivalent(c("gpagmc018", "gtogmd026", "ddicmm050"))

dscore documentation built on June 22, 2024, 9:21 a.m.