# EM Algorithms for Estimating Item Response Theory Models

## Documentation for package ‘emIRT’ version 0.0.8

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

AsahiTodai | Asahi-Todai Elite Survey
binIRT | Two-parameter Binary IRT estimation via EM
boot_emIRT | Parametric bootstrap of EM Standard Errirs
convertRC | Convert Roll Call Matrix Format
dwnom | Poole-Rosenthal DW-NOMINATE data and scores, 80-110 U.S. Senate
dynIRT | Dynamic IRT estimation via Variational Inference
getStarts | Generate Starts for 'binIRT'
hierIRT | Hierarchichal IRT estimation via Variational Inference
makePriors | Generate Priors for 'binIRT'
manifesto | German Manifesto Data
mq_data | Martin-Quinn Judicial Ideology Scores
networkIRT | Network IRT estimation via EM
ordIRT | Two-parameter Ordinal IRT estimation via EM
poisIRT | Poisson IRT estimation via EM
ustweet | U.S. Twitter Following Data