gen.data {cdcatR}

Data generation

Description

This function can be used to generate datasets based on an object of class gen.itembank. The user can manipulate the examinees' attribute distribution or provide a matrix of attribute profiles. Data are simulated using the GDINA::simGDINA function (Ma & de la Torre, 2020).

Usage

gen.data(
  N = NULL,
  R = 1,
  item.bank = NULL,
  att.profiles = NULL,
  att.dist = "uniform",
  mvnorm.parm = list(mean = NULL, sigma = NULL, cutoffs = NULL),
  higher.order.parm = list(theta = NULL, lambda = NULL),
  categorical.parm = list(att.prior = NULL),
  seed = NULL
)

Arguments

N

Scalar numeric. Sample size for the datasets

R

Scalar numeric. Number of datasets replications. Default is 1

item.bank

An object of class gen.itembank

att.profiles

Numeric matrix indicating the true attribute profile for each examinee (N examinees x K attributes). If NULL (by default), att.dist must be specified

att.dist

Numeric vector of length 2^K, where K is the number of attributes. Distribution for attribute simulation. It can be "uniform" (by default), "higher.order", "mvnorm", or "categorical". See simGDINA function of package GDINA for more information. Only used when att.profiles = NULL

mvnorm.parm

A list of arguments for multivariate normal attribute distribution (att.dist = "mvnorm"). See simGDINA function of package GDINA for more information

higher.order.parm

A list of arguments for higher-order attribute distribution (att.dist = "higher.order"). See simGDINA function of package GDINA for more information

categorical.parm

A list of arguments for categorical attribute distribution (att.dist = "categorical"). See simGDINA function of package GDINA for more information

seed

Scalar numeric. A scalar to use with set.seed

Value

gen.data returns an object of class gen.data.

simdat

An array containing the simulated responses (dimensions N examinees x J items x R replicates). If R = 1, a matrix is provided

simalpha

An array containing the simulated attribute profiles (dimensions N examinees x K attributes x R replicates). If R = 1, a matrix is provided

specifications

A list that contains all the specifications

References

Ma, W. & de la Torre, J. (2020). GDINA: The generalized DINA model framework. R package version 2.7.9. Retrived from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=GDINA

Examples

####################################
# Example 1.                       #
# Generate dataset (GDINA item     #
# parameters and uniform attribute #
# distribution)                    #
####################################

Q <- sim180GDINA$simQ
bank <- gen.itembank(Q = Q, mean.IQ = .70, range.IQ = .20, model = "GDINA")

simdata <- gen.data(N = 1000, item.bank = bank)