psy 0.0.1

psychometrics package, including structural equation model, confirmatory factor analysis, unidimensional item response theory, multidimensional item response theory, cognitive diagnosis model, factor analysis and adaptive testing.

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pypsy
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`中文 <./README_ZH.rst>`_

`DINA Model and Parameter Estimation: A
Didactic <http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~brian/PIER-methods/For%202013-03-04/Readings/de%20la%20Torre-dina-est-115-30-jebs.pdf>`

psychometrics package, including structural equation model, confirmatory
factor analysis, unidimensional item response theory, multidimensional
item response theory, cognitive diagnosis model, factor analysis and
adaptive testing. The package is still a doll. will be finished in
future.

unidimensional item response theory
-----------------------------------

models
~~~~~~

- binary response data IRT (two parameters, three parameters).

- grade respone data IRT (GRM model)

Parameter estimation algorithm
------------------------------

- EM algorithm (2PL, GRM)

- MCMC algorithm (3PL）

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Multidimensional item response theory (full information item factor analysis)
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Parameter estimation algorithm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The initial value
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The approximate polychoric correlation is calculated, and the slope
initial value is obtained by factor analysis of the polychoric
correlation matrix.

EM algorithm
^^^^^^^^^^^^

- E step uses GH integral.

- M step uses Newton algorithm (sparse matrix is divided into non
sparse matrix).

Factor rotation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gradient projection algorithm

The shortcomings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GH integrals can only estimate low dimensional parameters.

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Cognitive diagnosis model
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models
~~~~~~

- Dina

- ho-dina

parameter estimation algorithms
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- EM algorithm

- MCMC algorithm

- maximum likelihood estimation (only for estimating skill parameters
of subjects)

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Structural equation model
-------------------------

- contains three parameter estimation methods(ULS, ML and GLS).

- based on gradient descent

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Confirmatory factor analysis
----------------------------

- can be used for continuous data, binary data and ordered data.

- based on gradient descent

- binary and ordered data based on Polychoric correlation matrix.

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Factor analysis
---------------

For the time being, only for the calculation of full information item
factor analysis, it is very simple.

The algorithm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

principal component analysis

The rotation algorithm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

gradient projection

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Adaptive test
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model
~~~~~

Thurston IRT model (multidimensional item response theory model for
personality test)

Algorithm
~~~~~~~~~

Maximum information method for multidimensional item response theory

Require
-------

- numpy

- progressbar2

How to use it
-------------

See demo in detail

TODO LIST
---------

- theta parameterization of CCFA

- parameter estimation of structural equation models for multivariate
data

- Bayesin knowledge tracing (Bayesian knowledge tracking)

- multidimensional item response theory (full information item factor
analysis)

- high dimensional computing algorithm (adaptive integral, etc.)

- various item response models

- cognitive diagnosis model

- G-DINA model

- Q matrix correlation algorithm

- Factor analysis

- maximum likelihood estimation

- various factor rotation algorithms

- adaptive

- adaptive cognitive diagnosis

- other adaption model

- standard error and P value

- code annotation, testing and documentation.

Reference
---------

- `DINA Model and Parameter Estimation: A
Didactic <http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~brian/PIER-methods/For%202013-03-04/Readings/de%20la%20Torre-dina-est-115-30-jebs.pdf>`__
- `Higher-order latent trait models for cognitive
diagnosis <http://www.aliquote.org/pub/delatorre2004.pdf>`__
- `Full-Information Item Factor
Analysis. <http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/104282/1/v12n3p261.pdf>`__
- `Multidimensional adaptive
testing <http://media.metrik.de/uploads/incoming/pub/Literatur/1996_Multidimensional%20adaptive%20testing.pdf>`__
- `Derivative free gradient projection algorithms for rotation <https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt9938p4wc/qt9938p4wc.pdf>`__


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History
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0.0.1 (2018-09-18)
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* First release on PyPI.