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The GDINA R package (Ma and de la Torre, GDINA: The generalized DINA model framework. R package version 2.3.2. Retrieved from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=GDINA: 2019) provides psychometric tools for estimating a range of cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) and conducting various CDM analyses. The package is developed in the R programming environment (R Core Team, R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna. https://www.R-project.org/: 2018). This chapter describes the main features of the package and presents an exemplary analysis of data to illustrate the use of the package.
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Ma, W. (2019). Cognitive Diagnosis Modeling Using the GDINA R Package. In: von Davier, M., Lee, YS. (eds) Handbook of Diagnostic Classification Models. Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05584-4_29
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