mirt (version 1.17.1)

randef: Compute posterior estimates of random effect

Description

Stochastically compute random effects for MixedClass objects with Metropolis-Hastings samplers and averaging over the draws. Returns a list of the estimated effects.

Usage

randef(x, ndraws = 1000, thin = 10, return.draws = FALSE)

Arguments

x

an estimated model object from the mixedmirt function

ndraws

total number of draws to perform. Default is 1000

thin

amount of thinning to apply. Default is to use every 10th draw

return.draws

logical; return a list containing the thinned draws of the posterior?

Examples

#make an arbitrary groups
covdat <- data.frame(group = rep(paste0('group', 1:49), each=nrow(Science)/49))

#partial credit model
mod <- mixedmirt(Science, covdat, model=1, random = ~ 1|group)
summary(mod)

effects <- randef(mod, ndraws = 2000, thin = 20)
head(effects$Theta)
head(effects$group)