[R] Using item difficulties from a fitted Partial Credit Model to predict person abilities in an extended dataset?

[Bert Gunter]

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On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:59 AM Rob Forsyth <rob.forsyth using newcastle.ac.uk>
wrote:

> I am using the eRm package to examine the properties of a clinical rating
> scale using a Partial Credit Model (PCM). I understand how to extract the
> person ability estimates (thetas) from a simple fitted PCM but I have a
> dataset with repeated observations over time (~1200 observations of the
> instrument in ~250 individuals). So as not to violate assumptions of
> conditional independence I've fitted the PCM to single observations drawn
> at random from each subject. This works but I would now like to use the
> item diffculty estimates from the fitted PCM to generate person-ability
> estimates for the remaining ~950 observations (at other timepoints) not
> used to fit the model; and I can't see from the eRm package documentation
> how to do this?
>
> Advice very much appreciated
> Rob
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