Usort sort order of unexpected responses = u

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Unexpected observations (with standardized residuals greater than Unexpected=) are listed in Table 4. Usort= controls the order in which the unexpected observations are listed.

 

Usort=

facet number: 1,2,3,..

Sort residuals by this facet location, ascending

,

separator between facet numbers and lists

( )

sort and list delimiters

 

Sort order:

 

Ascending

Descending

Sorted by:

C

c

Category or Data or Observation, i.e., the original scored response (also D, O)

X

x

Step Value or Xni, i.e., the recounted value used for estimation (also V)

E

e

Expected value or Pni, i.e., the modelled value computed from the measures (also P)

R

r

Residual or Yni, i.e., the difference between the step value and the modelled value, Yni = Xni - Pni (also Y)

Z

z

Standardized residual or Zni, i.e, the statistical unexpectedness of the observation (also S, F, T)

U

u

Unexpectedness: Absolute value of standardized residual

 

Example 1: It is often useful to sort the unexpected residuals by their facet location and size. Sort the residuals by Facet 1 major, Facet 2 minor and then Facet 3.

Usort=1,2,3

 

Multiple sorts and multiple listings of the residuals are obtained by placing each sort order in (). Produces two listings, one sorted by Facet 2 major, the other sorted by Facet 3.

Usort=(2,1,3),(3,2,1)

 

Example 2: Persons are facet 1, items are facet 2 and judges are facet 3. We want to investigate the judges one at a time, paying attention to the most unexpected residuals for each item, then identify grossly unexpected person ratings:

Usort = (3,2,u),(u,1)


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