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Score and measure output files simplify the transfer of measures and calibrations to other computer software. you may specify a file name that will be used to hold the numeric results presented in Facets measure tables. This is called interactively from the Output Files menu as Score and measure file output.

The measures for each facet are written to a separate file, whose name is that specified by Scorefile=, with the facet number appended. E.g., if Scorefile=Results, then the measures for facet 1 are written to Results.1, for facet 2 to Results.2 etc.

For Excel-formatted output files, the scores and measures for the element of each facet are written to a separate worksheet within the same workbook.

For SPSS-formatted output files, the scores and measures for the elements of all facets are written to one SPSS .sav file, which includes facet number as a variable.

Scorefile=filename - The score file contains the results in a fixed file format, suitable for transmission to main-frame computers.

When Scorefile=filename,CSV - The scorefile file contains the results in comma-separated value format, suitable for importing into many spreadsheets (or specify CSV=Y).

When Scorefile=filename,Tab - The scorefile file contains the results in Tab-separated value format, suitable for importing into many spreadsheets (or specify CSV=Tab).

All fields, except the Label, are reported with two decimal places, and leading blanks. To select fields, use the Select Fields screen.

Heading lines are included or omitted, depending on Heading lines=.

QM quotation marks, controls whether labels are withing quotation marks.

Example: Write out score files for each facet in fixed field format:

Score file= kct

This puts the measures for facet 1 in file "kct.1.txt", for facet 2 in "kct.2.txt", etc. The results depend on the score file field selection, but can be:

1	Children
T.Score	T.Count	Obs.Avge	Fair.Avge	Measure	S.E.	InfitMS	InfitZ	OutfitMS	OutfitZ	PtMea	PtMeExp	Discrim	Displace	Status	Group	1	Children	F-Number	F-label
7	18	0.29	0.05	-0.96	0.83	0.61	-1.19	0.29	1.99	0.8	0.75	1.71	-0.03	-1	-1	1	Boy	1	Children
10	18	0.5	0.43	1.74	1.11	4.1	2.47	6.15	1.94	0.65	0.87	-0.96	0	-1	-1	2	Boy	1	Children

The fixed field format is:

Field	Columns	Notes
1. Raw score	1-10	T.Score (includes extremes, when Totalscore=Yes)
2. Response count	11-20	T.Count (includes extremes, when Totalscore=Yes)
3. Observed average score	21-30
4. Fair average score	31-40
5. Measure	41-50
6. Standard error	51-60
7. Infit mean-square	61-70
8. Infit standardized	71-80
9. Outfit mean-square	81-90
10. Outfit standardized	91-100
11. Point-measure correlation	101-110	or Point-biserial correlation. See Pt-biserial=
12. Point-measure expectation	111-120	.00 if not computed.
13. Discrimination	121-130
14. Displacement	131-140
15. Status code	141-150	See Status Code list
16. Group number	151-160
17. Element number	161-170
18. Element label	172- ?	field length depends on the length of the element labels
19. Facet number	10 columns	field positions depends on the length of the element labels
20. Facet label	?	field length depends on the length of the facet label

Status code	Meaning for element measure
1	Anchored measure
0	No data available to estimate measure
-1	Measure estimated from data
-2	Measure estimated for extreme low score: XTREME=
-3	Measure estimated for extreme high score: XTREME=
-4	Unmeasurable, because all relevant data generated by more than one extreme element
-5	Only one active data point for this element