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# lsat.jags example from classic-bugs examples in JAGS
# See http://sourceforge.net/projects/mcmc-jags/files/Examples/2.x/
var
   response[R,T], m[R], culm[R], alpha[T], a[T], theta[N], r[N,T],
   p[N,T], beta, theta.new, p.theta[T], p.item[R,T], P.theta[R];
data {
   for (j in 1:culm[1]) {
      r[j, ] <- response[1, ];
   }
   for (i in 2:R) {
      for (j in (culm[i - 1] + 1):culm[i]) {
         r[j, ] <- response[i, ];
      }
   }
}
model {
  # 2-parameter Rasch model
  for (j in 1:N) {
     for (k in 1:T) {
        probit(p[j,k]) <- delta[k]*theta[j] - eta[k];
        r[j,k] ~ dbern(p[j,k]);
     }
     theta[j] ~ dnorm(0,1);
  }

  # Priors
  for (k in 1:T) {
     eta[k] ~ dnorm(0,0.0001);       
     e[k] <- eta[k] - mean(eta[]);  # sum-to-zero constraint

     delta[k] ~ dnorm(0,1) T(0,);   # constrain variance to 1, slope +ve
     d[k] <- delta[k]/pow(prod(delta), 1/T); # PRODUCT_k (d_k) = 1
 
     g[k] <- e[k]/d[k];   # equivalent to B&A's threshold parameters
  }

  # Compute probability of response pattern i, for later use in computing G^2
  theta.new ~ dnorm(0,1);          # ability parameter for random student 
  for(k in 1:T) {
       probit(p.theta[k]) <- delta[k]*theta.new - eta[k];
       for(i in 1:R) {
          p.item[i,k] <- p.theta[k]^response[i,k] * (1-p.theta[k])^(1-response[i,k]);
       }
  } 
  for(i in 1:R) {    
     P.theta[i] <- prod(p.item[i,])
  }
}