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lsat: LSAT

Description

The original dataset consists of responses from 1,000 subjects to five dichotomous items from section 6 of the LSAT exam. The version here is presented as frequencies of unique patterns of responses. The data is from Bock and Lieberman 1970.

Usage

data(lsat)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 32 observations on the following 7 variables. The variable wt7 represents the number with each pattern.
y1
a numeric vector
y2
a numeric vector
y3
a numeric vector
y4
a numeric vector
y5
a numeric vector
wt6
a numeric vector
wt7
a numeric vector

Source

Bock, R. and Leiberman, M. (1970), "Fitting a response model for a $n$ dichotomously scored items." Psychometrika, 35, 179--197.

References

Bock, R. D. and Aitkin, M. (1981). "Marginal maximum likelihood estimation of item parameters: An application of an EM algorithm." Pyschometrika, 46, 443--459.

Examples

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data(lsat)

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