applyShrinkageCorrection function

(Internal) Apply shrinkage correction to theta estimate

applyShrinkageCorrection is an internal function for applying shrinkage correction to a theta estimate.

applyShrinkageCorrection(EAP, config_theta, j)

Arguments

• EAP: a named list containing an EAP theta estimate.
• config_theta: a list containing theta estimation configurations.
• j: the examinee index. Used to parse the prior SD from the config.

Returns

applyShrinkageCorrection returns an updated list containing corrected EAP theta estimate.