stop.cat {simCAT}

Check if the CAT ended

Description

Check if any stopping rule has been achieved

Usage

stop.cat(
  rule = list(se = NULL, delta.theta = NULL, hypo = NULL, hyper = NULL, info = NULL,
    max.items = NULL, min.items = NULL, fixed = NULL),
  current = list(se = NULL, delta.theta = NULL, info = NULL, applied = NULL, delta.se =
    NULL)
)

Arguments

rule

list with stopping rules

• se minimum standard error

• delta.theta minimum absolute difference between current and previous theta

• hypo minimum standard error reduction

• hyper minimum standard error reduction after achieving se

• info maximum information of an available item

• max.items maximum number of items

• min.items maximum number of items

• fixed fixed number of items

current

list with current values

• se current standard error

• delta.theta absolute difference between current and previous theta

• info maximum information of an available item for current theta

• applied quantitative of applied items

• delta.se standard error reduction

Value

A list with two elements:

• stop TRUE if any stopping rule has been achieved

• convergence logical. FALSE if the CAT stopped because it achieved the maximum number of items. TRUE for any other case.

Author(s)

Alexandre Jaloto