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Index of Control Variables |
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Before your analysis, these control variables can be set in your Control file and at the Extra specifications prompt.
After your analysis, these control variables can be set in the Specification-menu dialog box and in other pull-down menus.
The current settings of these variables can be seen from the Output Files menu. Click on Control variables file.
user-defined field locations |
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paired-person agreement file |
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alphabetic numbering to exceed 9 with XWIDE=1 |
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output only ASCII characters |
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report estimates of upper and lower asymptotes |
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set batch mode |
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show empirical curves for items |
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reference category: Table 2 |
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scored category label file |
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graphical plots of measures |
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codes label file |
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valid & missing data codes |
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select convergence criteria |
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comma-separated values in output files |
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probability curve selection: Tables 21, 2 |
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cut off responses with high expectations |
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cut off responses with low expectations |
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name of data file |
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delimiter of input response data fields |
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person label columns for DIF |
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display item discrimination estimates |
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category/distractor/response option count file |
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output category/distractor/option counts |
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item label columns for DPF |
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edit data file |
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exepcted scores on the items |
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code equivalences |
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extreme-category adjustment |
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Excel converts numeric labels into numbers = No |
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extreme score adjustment |
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lower bar in charts |
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item misfit criterion |
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lower bar in charts |
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person misfit criterion |
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reformat data |
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form-feed character |
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half-range of fit statistics on plots |
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column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16 |
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show files created from control file |
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percent of 0's within 0-zone among which all 1's are turned to 0's |
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percent of 1's within 1-zone among which all 0's are turned to 1's |
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graphing file for probability curves |
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assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as ISGROUPS=) |
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location of ISGROUPS= |
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Guttmanized file of responses |
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display or suppress Sub-Table Headings after the first |
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correction for top categories |
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heading lines in output files |
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item anchor file |
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anchor items interactively |
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inter-item residual correlations |
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one-line item deletion list |
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delete items interactively |
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item deletion file |
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remove items with extreme scores |
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item output file |
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item label file |
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item label for item maps |
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label items by sequence number |
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response matrix (Output Files menu only) |
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change codes for blocks of persons and items |
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identifying items for recoding |
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item selection criterion |
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item-structure output file |
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assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as GROUPS=) |
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sort column in item label |
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category range of an item group |
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subtotal items by specified columns |
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title for item labels |
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column number of first response |
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maximum length of item label |
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recoding for items |
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item (variable) weighting |
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Keyform skeleton for Excel plot |
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location of KEYn= |
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scoring key |
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reassign scoring keys |
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logit change at convergence |
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column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16 |
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length of printed lines |
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locally restandardize fit statistics |
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accumulates control files |
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correction for bottom categories |
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construct an MCQ scoring key |
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correlation output format |
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maximum number of lines per page |
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reformatting input records & multiple forms |
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size of Mantel or Mantel-Haenszel slice |
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scored value of missing data: not your missing-data code |
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maximum number of JMLE iterations |
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show mean-square or t standardized fit |
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assigns model types to items |
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location of MODELS= |
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column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16 |
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maximum number of PROX iterations |
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half-range of measures on plots |
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maximum number of JMLE iterations |
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first column of person label |
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length of person label |
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label length on maps |
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recoded data values |
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number of items |
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normal distribution for standardizing fit |
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category/option/distractor sorted by score, count or measure |
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sort misfits on outfit or infit |
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person anchor file |
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correction for paired comparison data |
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anchor persons interactively |
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inter-person residual correlations |
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one-line person deletion list |
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delete persons interactively |
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person deletion file |
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remove persons with extreme scores |
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title for person labels |
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person output file |
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structure anchoring (backwards compatibility only) |
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customize Table 36 diagnostic maps |
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person label for person maps |
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residual type for principal components/contrast analysis |
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person selection criterion |
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sort column in person label |
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subtotal persons by specified columns |
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report point-biserial correlations |
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report item proportion-correct-values or average ratings |
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person (case) weighting |
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quote-marks around labels |
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column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16 |
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score residual at convergence |
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inflate S.E. of measures for misfit |
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controls response recoding |
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location of RESCORE= |
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scored response output file |
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report root-mean-square residual in measure tables |
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structure anchor file |
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multiple ISGROUPS= format in SFILE= & SAFILE= |
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anchor structure interactively |
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score-to-measure file |
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delete structure interactively |
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structure deletion file |
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delimiter of input response data fields |
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structure output file |
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function to model Andrich thresholds with polynomials |
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simulate complete data |
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simulate extreme scores = Yes |
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simulated data file |
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measure or data = Yes |
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number of simulated data files = 1 |
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number of persons resampled |
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simulated data seed = 0 (clock) |
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supplemental control file |
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correct for estimation bias |
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structure summary in Table 3.2 or 21 |
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keep non-observed intermediate categories in structure |
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perform subset detection |
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maximum epochs for SVD estimation |
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singular-value decomposition factors |
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singular-value decomposition file |
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singular-value decomposition minimum improvement |
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singular-value decomposition residual type |
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items per # in Table 1 |
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persons per # in Table 1 |
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selects Table 2 subtables |
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selects Table 7.1 and 11.1 detail lines |
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output table selection |
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information-weighted estimation |
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input file of table numbers to be output |
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title for output listing |
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show total observed score and count |
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transposed file |
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transposed file type |
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amount to increase anchor values |
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user anchors (backward compatibility only) |
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anchor user-scale value of 1 logit |
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most unexpected responses in Tables 6 and 10. |
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number of decimal places reported |
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include extreme scores for UIMEAN= or UPMEAN= = No |
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reported user-set mean of item measures |
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reported user-set mean of item measures |
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reported user-set mean of person measures |
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reported user-scaled value for 1 logit |
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produce IFILE= and PFILE= in 3.00 format |
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font to display using ASCII=Webpage |
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Wilson-Hilferty exact normalization |
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analyzed response file |
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columns per response |
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