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 Package: mirt
-Version: 1.35
+Version: 1.35.1
 Type: Package
 Title: Multidimensional Item Response Theory
 Authors@R: c( person("Phil", family="Chalmers", email =
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-# Changes in mirt 1.35
+# Changes in mirt 1.35.1
 
 - Added `covdata` argument to `fscores()` to allow latent regression covariate information as well. 
   Example added to `fscores()` documentation to demonstrate this addition