lsirm12pl 2.0.0 (2026-02-03)
Major Changes
- NEW: Added Graded Response Model (GRM) for
ordinal/Likert-scale data
lsirmgrm(): 1PL GRM with latent space
lsirmgrm2pl(): 2PL GRM with item discrimination
parameters
- Supports complete data, MAR, and MCAR missing data mechanisms
- Implements threshold ordering constraint (β₁ > β₂ > … >
βₖ₋₁) for identifiability
- Reference: De Carolis, Kang, & Jeon (2025), DOI:
10.1080/00273171.2025.2605678
- NEW: Adaptive MCMC algorithm
- Automatic tuning of proposal standard deviations during burn-in
- Parameter-specific target acceptance rates
- Improved mixing and convergence for complex models
- Available for all model types (1PL, 2PL, GRM)