Control variables from Specification menu

These control variables can be changed using the Specification pull-down menu after measures have been estimated.

They do not alter the estimates from the main analysis. They only change how it is reported.

@FIELD=	user-defined field locations
ASCII=	output only ASCII characters
ASYMPTOTE=	report estimates of upper and lower asymptotes
BYITEM=	show empirical curves for items
CATREF=	reference category: Table 2
CFILE=	scored category label file (file name only, blank deletes category labels)
CHART=	graphical plots of measures
CLFILE=	codes label file (file name only, blank deletes code labels)
CSV=	comma-separated values in output files
CURVES=	probability curve selection: Tables 21, 2
DISCRIM=	display item discrimination estimates
DISTRT=	output category/distractor/option counts
FITHIGH=	lower bar in charts
FITI=	item misfit criterion
FITLOW=	lower bar in charts
FITP=	person misfit criterion
FORMFD=	form-feed character
FRANGE=	half-range of fit statistics on plots
G0ZONE=	percent of 0's within 0-zone among which all 1's are turned to 0's
G1ZONE=	percent of 1's within 1-zone among which all 0's are turned to 1's
HEADER=	display or suppress Sub-Table Headings after the first
HIADJ=	correction for top categories
HLINES=	heading lines in output files
IDELETE=	one-line item deletion list
IDFILE=	item deletion file (file name only: blank resets temporary item deletions)
ILFILE=	item label file (file name only: blank not allowed)
IMAP=	item label for item maps
ISELECT=	item selection criterion
ISORT=	sort column in item label
ITEM=	title for item labels
ITLEN=	maximum length of item label
LINELENGTH=	length of printed lines
LOWADJ=	correction for bottom categories
MATRIX=	correlation output format
MAXPAGE=	maximum number of lines per page
MHSLICE=	size of Mantel or Mantel-Haenszel slice
MNSQ=	show mean-square or t standardized fit
MRANGE=	half-range of measures on plots
NAMLMP=	label length on maps
OSORT=	category/option/distractor sorted by score, count or measure
OUTFIT=	sort misfits on outfit or infit
PDELETE=	one-line person deletion list (blank resets temporary person deletions)
PDFILE=	person deletion file (file name only: blank resets temporary person deletions)
PERSON=	title for person labels
PMAP=	person label for person maps
PSELECT=	person selection criterion
PSORT=	sort column in person label
PVALUE=	report item p-values
PWEIGHT=	person (case) weighting
QUOTED=	quote-marks around output labels
SICOMPLETE=	simulate complete data
SIEXTREME=	simulate extreme scores = Yes
SINUMBER=	number of simulated data files = 1
SISEED=	simulated data seed = 0 (clock)
STEPT3=	structure summary in Table 3 or 21
T1I#=	items per # in Table 1
T1P#=	persons per # in Table 1
TITLE=	title for output listing
TOTALSCORE=	show total observed score and count
TRPOTYPE=	transposed file type
UDECIMALS=	number of decimal places reported
UIMEAN=	reported user-set mean of item measures
UMEAN=	reported user-set mean of item measures
UPMEAN=	reported user-set mean of person measures
USCALE=	reported user-scaled value for 1 logit
W300=	produce IFILE= and PFILE= in 3.00 format

Control variables that can be set with other pull-down menus
DIF=	person label columns for DIF (from Output Tables menu)
DISFILE=	category/distractor/response option count file (from Output Files menu)
DPF=	item label columns for DPF (from Output Tables menu)
GRFILE=	graphing file for probability curves (from Output Files menu)
GUFILE=	Guttmanized file of responses (from Output Files menu)
ICORFILE=	inter-item residual correlations (from Output Files menu)
IFILE=	item output file (from Output Files menu)
IPMATRIX=	response matrix (from Output Files menu)
ISFILE=	item-structure output file (from Output Files menu)
ISUBTOTAL=	subtotal items by specified columns (from Output Tables menu)
KEYFORM=	KeyForm skeleton for Excel plot (from Plots menu)
PCORFIL=	inter-person residual correlations (from Output Files menu)
PFILE=	person output file (from Output Files menu)
PSUBTOTAL=	subtotal persons by specified columns (from Output Tables menu)
RFILE=	scored response output file (from Output Files menu)
SCOREFILE=	score-to-measure file (from Output Files menu)
SFILE=	structure output file (from Output Files menu)
SIFILE=	simulated data file (from Output Files menu)
XFILE=	analyzed response file (from Output Files menu)