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Fitting a multivariate latent trait m... |
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Derek Xu posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 5:46 pm
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Hello, I am a beginner and try to fit a multivariate latent trait model in Mplus: Prob (Y_gki <= c_l | Z_gi, U_gi) = r_gk + (1 - r_gk)/(1 + exp(-(alpha_kl + beta_k*Z_gi + delta_k*U_gi))) where g = 1,2 indicating groups, k = 1,..., 7 indicating 7 instrument items, i indicating the subject number in each group, so Y_gki is the response for item k from subject i in group g; each item has a Likert scale with responses 0-5 Z_gi = (Z1_gi, Z2_gi) is 2 dimentional latent variable and assumed to follow bi-variate normal distribution It's known that Z1 relates to first 3 instrument items and Z2 relates to the other 4 items. So beta_k can be determined. U_gi is observed covariate. The parameter of interest is r_gk and its MLE is needed. May I know if Mplus can fit such a model? If yes, which example/section of handouts/paper shall I follow? Thanks a lot!! |
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I think r is a guessing parameter. The current version of Mplus does not estimate a three-parameter IRT model. |
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Derek Xu posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 10:35 am
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Thanks for your response, Linda. Do you know if there any other approaches to fit such a model? |
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I don't know of any program that includes the guessing parameter and covariates. Check to see if any of the IRT programs put out by Scientific Software can do this. |
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