The present invention provides a method of doing cognitive diagnosis of
mental skills, medical and psychiatric diagnosis of diseases and
disorders, and in general the diagnosing of latent properties of a set of
objects, usually people, for which multiple pieces of binary
(dichotomous) information about the objects are available, for example
testing examinees using right/wrong scored test questions. Settings where
the present invention can be applied but are not limited to include
classrooms at all levels, web-based instruction, corporate in-house
training, large scale standardized tests, and medical and psychiatric
settings. Uses include but are not limited to individual learner
feedback, learner remediation, group level educational assessment, and
medical and psychiatric treatment.
