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Functions for the STARTS model (STARTS)
A. Robitzsch & O. Luedtke


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Alexander Robitzsch
robitzsch@ipn.uni-kiel.de

For reporting a bug, please always provide a reproducible R script 
and (if necessary) a corresponding dataset.

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VERSIONS STARTS 0.1  |  2017-08-27  |  Last: STARTS 0.1-51
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NOTE  * included synthetic datasets used in Luedtke et al. (in press)
FIXED * fixed a bug in the STARTS example which prevented the syntax 
        from running correctly (thanks to Judith Biesen)
NOTE  * extended example in 'starts_cov' which now contains parts of
        the results and penalized maximum likelihood estimation of the
        STARTS model
NOTE  * renamed 'starts_cov' to 'starts_uni_cov'. 'starts_cov' is now
        deprecated and should be replaced.
ADDED * added function 'starts_uni_estimate' for convenient estimation 
        of the univariate STARTS model

DATA  * included/modified datasets: data.starts01a, data.starts01b
EXAMP * included/modified examples: starts_uni (1,2)



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VERSIONS STARTS 0.0  |  2017-05-12  |  Last: STARTS 0.0-9
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ADDED * moved 'starts_cov' and 'starts_sim1dim' from sirt package to 
        STARTS package

DATA  * included/modified datasets: ---
EXAMP * included/modified examples: starts_cov (1)

