item_pool-operators function

Basic operators for item pool objects

Create a subset of an item_pool object:

• pool[i]
• subsetItemPool(pool, i)

Combine two item_pool objects:

• c(pool1, pool2)
• combineItemPool(pool1, pool2)
• pool1 + pool2

pool1 - pool2 excludes items in pool2 from pool1.

pool1 == pool2 tests whether two item_pool objects are identical. methods

subsetItemPool(x, i = NULL)

combineItemPool(x1, x2, unique = TRUE, verbose = TRUE)

## S4 method for signature 'item_pool,numeric'
x[i, j, ..., drop = TRUE]

## S4 method for signature 'item_pool'
c(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'item_pool'
x1 + x2

## S3 method for class 'item_pool'
x1 - x2

## S3 method for class 'item_pool'
x1 == x2

Arguments

• x, x1, x2: an item_pool object.
• i: item indices to use in subsetting.
• unique: if TRUE, remove items with duplicate IDs after combining. (default = TRUE)
• verbose: if TRUE, raise a warning if duplicate IDs are found after combining. (default = TRUE)
• j, drop, ...: not used, exists for compatibility.

Examples

p1 <- itempool_science[1:100]
p2 <- c(itempool_science, itempool_reading)
p3 <- p2 - p1

p1 <- itempool_science[1:500]
p2 <- itempool_science - p1
p3 <- itempool_science[501:1000]
identical(p2, p3)  ## TRUE

p <- p1 + p3
p == itempool_science ## TRUE