irt_coef help file

The installed help file, rendered for the web

This page is generated from irt_coef.sthlp by build.do, so it matches the installed version. In Stata, type help irt_coef.

Title

irt_coef – Calculates y* standardized coefficients (discrimination parameters) for binary and ordinal IRT models

General syntax

irt_coef [varlist] , options

Overview

irt_coef calculates y* standardized coefficients (discrimination parameters) for binary and ordinal IRT models. The raw coefficient, standard error, and p-value are also reported alongside the y* standardized coefficient.

Required Option for gsem models

Option Description
latent(name) is required if gsem was used to fit the model of interest. This is the name of the latent variable that is the indepenent variable (the items are the dependent variables [i.e. the y’s]). The latent( ) option should not be used if the model was fit with the irt command as irt automatically names the latent variable Theta.

Options

Option Description
model(name) specifies the name of saved model estimates to use. See estimates store for saving model estimates. By default, irt_coef will use the IRT/GSEM estimates in memory. If the relevant model estimates are not in memory, you must specify their name.
decimals(#) changes the number of decimal places reported for the statistics. The default is 3. Any integer between 1 - 8 is allowed.
sort orders the rows of the table based on the values of the y* standardized coefficients.
title(string) changes the title of the table of results. A default title is automatically included.
help prints footnotes below the table describing what the columns in the table represent.

Examples

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irt grm ta1 ta2 ta3 ta4 ta5
irt_coef, help
gsem (Theta -> ta1 ta2 ta3 ta4 ta5, ologit), var(Theta@1)
irt_coef, latent(Theta)

Comments

  • For details on y* standardized coefficients generally see Long 1997 (pages 69-71; 128-130). In the context of IRT models, see Bartholomew et al. 2008 (pages 224-225; 259-260).

Authorship

irt_coef is written by Trenton D Mize (Departments of Sociology & Statistics [by courtesy] & The Methodology Center at Purdue University). Questions can be sent to tmize@purdue.edu

Citation

Please cite the use of irt_coef as:

Mize, Trenton D. 2024. “irt_coef: Stata command for y*-standardized coefficients in item response theory models.” https://www.trentonmize.com/software/irt_coef

References

Bartholomew, David J., Fiona Steele, Irini Moustaki, and Jane I. Galbrath. 2008. Analysis of Multivariate Social Science Data. Second Edition. CRC Press.

Long, J. Scott. 1997. Regression Models for Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables. Sage.

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