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Simulated dataset mimicking the measurement of abilities in three cognitive domains. The latent traits (cognitive ability in a given domain) are based on the functions in mgcv::gamSim (Wood 2017) , and depend on the explanatory variable x.

Usage

cognition

Format

cognition A data frame with 14400 rows and 7 columns:

id

Subject ID.

domain

Factor variable denoting the cognitive domain.

x

Explanatory variable.

timepoint

Factor variable denoting the timepoint.

item

Factor variable denoting the item within the tests of each cognitive domain.

trials

Number of trials, if applicable.

y

Response variable. For domain 1 a real number, for domain 2 a binomially distributed variable based on a single trial, for domain 3 a real number.

References

Wood SN (2017). Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R, 2 edition. Chapman and Hall/CRC.