A method of doing cognitive diagnosis of mental skills, medical and psychiatric diagnosis of diseases and disorders, and in general the diagnosi ng (1711) 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 examines 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, corporat e in-house training, large scale standardized tests, and medical and psychiatr ic settings. Uses (1713) include but are not limited to individual leaner feedback, leaner remediation, group level education assessment, and medical and psychiatric treatment.
A LATENT PROPERTY DIAGNOSING PROCEDURE