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---
title: "Scale abbreviation methods"
date: "`r format(Sys.time(), '%d %B, %Y')`"
output:
html_document:
df_print: paged
editor_options:
chunk_output_type: console
---
# Init
```{r}
#global options
options(
digits = 2,
contrasts = c("contr.treatment", "contr.treatment")
)
#packages
library(kirkegaard)
load_packages(
mirt,
future, furrr
)
#ggplot2
theme_set(theme_bw())
```
# Functions
```{r}
#helper function
get_best_item_set = function(x) {
x$best_sets %>%
tail(1) %>%
pull(item_set) %>%
extract2(1) %>%
sort()
}
```
# Example
## Simulation 1
- 25 items
- select 10
The function can optimize for correlation with an arbitrary variable, including the full score (default). Or it can try to optimize the reliability. Here we use the first option.
```{r}
#no multi-threading
plan(sequential)
#simulate some data
set.seed(1)
n <- 1000
n_items = 25
#simulate items
d_sim = simdata(
N = n,
itemtype = "2PL",
d = runif(n_items, -2, 2),
a = runif(n_items, 0.5, 2)
)
#run a global fit
sim_fit = mirt(
data = d_sim,
model = 1,
itemtype = "2PL",
verbose = F
)
#abbreviate scale
res_c_forwards = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = 10,
selection_method = "c",
method = "forwards"
)
res_c_backwards = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = 10,
selection_method = "c",
method = "backwards"
)
#plot results
res_c_forwards %>%
GG_scale_abbreviation()
res_c_backwards %>%
GG_scale_abbreviation()
#compare results
res_c_forwards$best_sets %>%
tail(1)
res_c_backwards$best_sets %>%
tail(1)
#almost the same, but not entirely, why?
#compare the items in best sets
res_c_backwards %>%
get_best_item_set()
res_c_forwards %>%
get_best_item_set()
symdiff(
res_c_backwards %>%
get_best_item_set(),
res_c_forwards %>%
get_best_item_set()
)
```
## Simulation 2
- 100 items
- select 20
We try optimizing for reliability, full score correlation, and just picking the items with highest loadings.
```{r}
#no multi-threading
plan(multisession(workers = 7))
#simulate some data
set.seed(1)
n <- 1000
n_items = 100
#simulate items
d_sim = simdata(
N = n,
itemtype = "2PL",
d = runif(n_items, -2, 2),
a = runif(n_items, 0.5, 2)
)
#run a global fit
sim_fit = mirt(
data = d_sim,
model = 1,
itemtype = "2PL",
verbose = F
)
#abbreviate scale
res_c_forwards = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = 20,
selection_method = "c",
method = "forwards"
)
#plot results
res_c_forwards %>%
GG_scale_abbreviation()
#compare results
res_c_forwards$best_sets %>%
tail(1)
#alternatively, we can optimize for reliability
res_r_forwards = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = 20,
selection_method = "r",
method = "forwards"
)
#plot results
res_r_forwards %>%
GG_scale_abbreviation()
#compare results
res_r_forwards$best_sets %>%
tail(1)
#highest loading method
res_max_loading = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = 20,
selection_method = "c",
method = "max_loading"
)
#plot results
res_max_loading %>%
GG_scale_abbreviation()
#compare results
res_max_loading$best_sets %>%
tail(1)
#a single plot of results at 20 items from each method
combined_results = bind_rows(
res_max_loading$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "max_loading"),
res_r_forwards$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "reliability"),
res_c_forwards$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "r full score")
) %>%
select(reliability, r_full_score, method, items_in_scale) %>%
pivot_longer(
cols = c("reliability", "r_full_score"),
names_to = "criterion",
values_to = "value"
)
combined_results %>%
ggplot(aes(items_in_scale, value, color = method)) +
geom_line() +
facet_wrap("criterion", scales = "free_y")
```
## Simulation 3
- 100 items
- select 25
- -0.5 correlation between item difficulty and loading
### Simulate data
```{r}
#simulate some data
set.seed(1)
n <- 1000
n_items = 100
max_items = 25
#simulate norms to use for item pars
item_pars = MASS::mvrnorm(
n = n_items,
mu = c(0, 0),
Sigma = matrix(c(1, -0.5, -0.5, 1), nrow = 2)
)
#simulate items
d_sim = simdata(
N = n,
itemtype = "2PL",
d = item_pars[, 1],
a = item_pars[, 2] %>% rescale(0.5, 2)
)
#run a global fit
sim_fit = mirt(
data = d_sim,
model = 1,
itemtype = "2PL",
verbose = F
)
```
#### Simple step-wise
```{r}
#abbreviate scale
#max both r and c
res_rc_forwards = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = max_items,
selection_method = "rc",
method = "forwards"
)
#highest loading method
#basic
res_max_loading_basic = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = max_items,
selection_method = "rc",
method = "max_loading"
)
#balancing
res_max_loading_balancing = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = max_items,
selection_method = "rc",
method = "max_loading",
difficulty_balance_groups = 5
)
#residualization
res_max_loading_residualization = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = max_items,
selection_method = "rc",
method = "max_loading",
residualize_loadings = T
)
```
#### Genetic algoithm
```{r}
#use muilti-threading
plan(sequential)
plan(multisession(workers = 7))
#highest loading method
res_genetic = abbreviate_scale(
items = d_sim,
item_target = max_items,
selection_method = "rc",
method = "genetic",
max_generations = 1000,
population_size = 100,
mutation_rate = 0.1,
selection_ratio = 0.20,
stop_search_after_generations = 10,
save_fits = F
)
#plot results
res_genetic %>%
GG_scale_abbreviation()
#compare results
res_genetic$best_sets %>%
tail(1)
```
When item parameter correlations are present (common), optimizing for both full scale correlation and reliability is a good idea. It gets almost the same full score correlation and reliability as the pure strategies. The highest loading method is not as good in this case.
These functions will be implemented in Kirkegaard package shortly and easily available for use.
#### Compare results
```{r}
#single plot comparison of methods at max items
combined_results = bind_rows(
res_max_loading_basic$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "max loading basic"),
res_max_loading_balancing$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "max loading balancing"),
res_max_loading_residualization$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "max loading resid"),
res_rc_forwards$best_sets %>%
mutate("method" = "forwards"),
res_genetic$best_sets %>%
filter(criterion_value == max(criterion_value)) %>%
tail(1) %>%
mutate("method" = "genetic")
) %>%
select(reliability, r_full_score, method, items_in_scale, criterion_value) %>%
pivot_longer(
cols = c("reliability", "r_full_score", "criterion_value"),
names_to = "criterion",
values_to = "value"
)
combined_results %>%
ggplot(aes(items_in_scale, value, color = method)) +
geom_line() +
# geom_point() +
facet_wrap("criterion", scales = "free_y")
GG_save("figs/simn3_comparison.png")
```
## Real data: vocabulary
```{r}
#load data
vocab_data = read_rds("data/vocab_data.rds")
```
# Meta
```{r}
write_sessioninfo()
#upload to OSF
#avoid uploading the data in case they freak out again
if (F) {
library(osfr)
#auth
osf_auth(readr::read_lines("~/.config/osf_token"))
#the project we will use
osf_proj = osf_retrieve_node("https://osf.io/XXX/")
#upload files
#overwrite existing (versioning)
osf_upload(osf_proj, conflicts = "overwrite",
path = c(
"figs",
"data",
"notebook.html",
"notebook.Rmd",
))
}
```