Changes in version 1.3.3 (2025-09-27)                  

Changes

  - Added explicit dependencies on R (>= 4.3.0), Rcpp (>= 1.1.0), and
    RcppArmadillo (>= 15.0.2-2)
  - Removed CXX11 from src/Makevars and src/Makevars.win to avoid
    potential compilation issues with newer versions of Armadillo
    through RcppArmadillo.
  - Switched README.Rmd to README.qmd to use Quarto for rendering.
  - Addressed deprecation warning of "replace conv_to<...>::from(X) with
    as_scalar(X)" in src/project_source.cpp by using
    arma::as_scalar(...) instead of conv_to<double>::from(...).
  - Fixed CITATION file to use c() instead of personList() and
    bibentry() to avoid CRAN check notes.
  - Updated GitHub Action workflows.

                 Changes in version 1.3.2 (2022-02-21)                  

Changes

  - Fix use of 'middle' argument by using 'given' in person(). (#8)
  - Bump requirements to using R 4.0.0 , Rcpp 1.0.8, and
    RcppArmadillo 10.8.1 or above. (#8)

                 Changes in version 1.3.1 (2020-03-23)                  

Changes

  - Added LazyData: true to DESCRIPTION to match with how the data
    documentation is called. (#3)

Documentation

  - Added a pkgdown website that deploys to
    https://tmsalab.github.io/cIRT/. (#3)

Deployment

  - Switched from Travis-CI to GitHub Actions for R. (#5)

                 Changes in version 1.3.0 (2019-01-24)                  

Changes

  - Updated package dependencies
  - Enabled C++11 and OpenMP.
  - Switched to allowing Rcpp to handle native registration

Bugfix

  - Addressed issues in the choice generation procedure.

Documentation

  - Improved in-line documentation.
  - Added Authors' ORCIDs to DESCRIPTION.

Testing

  - Enabled TMSA Lab's configuration for Travis-CI.

                 Changes in version 1.2.1 (2017-04-26)                  

  - Added src/init.c for R 3.4 compatibility
  - Added GitHub project page link

                 Changes in version 1.2.0 (2016-04-13)                  

  - Added two vignettes that cover the model estimation and simulation
    results in the package.
  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.

                 Changes in version 1.1.0 (2015-12-29)                  

  - Adds two columns to choice matrix: hard_q_id and easy_q_id.

                 Changes in version 1.0.0 (2015-12-07)                  

Modeling Framework

  - Implementation of the hierarchical framework described in "A
    Hierarchical Model for Accuracy and Choice on Standardized Tests"
  - Specifically, a choice inclusive Probit HLM and a Two Parameter
    Ogive Model.

C++ Functions

  - Random Number Generation for the following distributions: Wishart,
    Inverse Wishart, and Multivariate Normal
  - Matrix Centering
  - Direct Sum calculation

Data

  - Student Performance on Revised Purdue Spatial Visualization Test
    (Revised PSVT:R) by Yoon, 2011 in trial_matrix
  - The choices students made among items presented to them in
    choice_matrix
  - The end payout results for students based on their choices in
    payout_matrix
  - One additional data set exists containing the student's sex response
    in survey_data