Yardstick (columns lines low high) = 80,,,

Adjusts the layout of the vertical rulers in Table 6. This instruction helps make the "vertical rulers" more useful. Several ruler sizes can be specified in the same run. Use the Output Tables menu to experiment with different settings. Vertical= controls which facets are reported in Table 6.

Yardstick = Horizontal columns , Vertical lines, Low range, High range, {Measure or End}
Horizontal columns	maximum width of vertical ruler display in columns. The standard is 80 columns wide. 0 means as wide as needed.
Vertical lines	number of lines or rows per logit (or per Umean= user-scaled unit) The standard is to make the rulers about 50 lines long, regardless of logit range. This can be decimal, e.g., 0.5 vertical lines for each logit (or user-scaled unit)
Low range	lowest measure to show on rulers.
High range	highest measure to show on rulers.
"Measure"	position the elements with extreme scores according to their estimated measures
"End"	position the elements with extreme scores at the ends of the rulers

Unspecified values take their standard values or are calculated from the estimated measures.

Example:Generate a large vertical ruler display, to be used for display:

Yardstick=0,10

Multiple copies of the vertical rulers, with different dimensions, can be generated

Yardstick = (Horizontal columns , Vertical lines, Low, High),(H,V,L,H),(H,V,L,H),...

where each set (H,V,L,H) cause the generation of another set of rulers with the corresponding Horizontal column and Vertical lines and range specifications.

Example:Generate two versions of Table 6, a standard and a compact ruler display:

Yardstick = (80,5,-3,4),(40,4)

(80,5,-3,4) 80 columns wide with 5 rows per logit, for the range -3 to +4 logits.

(40,4) 40 columns wide with 4 rows per logit. The range is matched to the measures.

This produces two sets of "rulers". The second is:

Vertical = (1A,2A,3A,#S) Yardstick (columns,lines,low,high)= 40,4,-1,1

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