This is a very basic question, but I am a bit confused with optim. I
want to get the MLEs using optim which could replace the newton-raphson
code I have below which also gives the MLEs. The function takes as input
a vector x denoting whether a respondent answered an item correctly
(x=1) or not
: Doran, Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:54 PM
Subject: [R] Optim question
This is a very basic question, but I am a bit confused with optim. I
want to get the MLEs using optim which could replace the
newton-raphson
code I have below which
