IRT.residuals: Residuals in an IRT Model

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Residuals in an IRT Model

Description

Defines an S3 method for the computation of observed residual values. The computation of residuals is based on weighted likelihood estimates as person parameters, see tam.wle. IRT.residuals can only be applied for unidimensional IRT models. The methods IRT.residuals and residuals are equivalent.

Usage

IRT.residuals(object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'tam.mml'
IRT.residuals(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'tam.mml'
residuals(object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'tam.mml.2pl'
IRT.residuals(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'tam.mml.2pl'
residuals(object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'tam.mml.mfr'
IRT.residuals(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'tam.mml.mfr'
residuals(object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'tam.jml'
IRT.residuals(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'tam.jml'
residuals(object, ...)

Arguments

object	Object of class tam.mml, tam.mml.2pl or tam.mml.mfr.
...	Further arguments to be passed

Value

List with following entries

residuals	Residuals
stand_residuals	Standardized residuals
X_exp	Expected value of the item response X_{pi}
X_var	Variance of the item response X_{pi}
theta	Used person parameter estimate
probs	Expected item response probabilities

Note

Residuals can be used to inspect local dependencies in the item response data, for example using principle component analysis or factor analysis (see Example 1).

See Also

See also the eRm::residuals (eRm) or residuals (mirt) functions.

See also predict.tam.mml.

Examples

## Not run: 
#############################################################################
# EXAMPLE 1: Residuals data.read
#############################################################################

library(sirt)
data(data.read, package="sirt")
dat <- data.read

# for Rasch model
mod <- TAM::tam.mml( dat )
# extract residuals
res <- TAM::IRT.residuals( mod )
str(res)

## End(Not run)

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