RFILE= scored response file

Useful for reformatting data from a family of test forms, linked by a network of common items, into a single common structure suitable for one-step item banking.

If this parameter is specified in the control file with RFILE=filename, a file is output which contains a scored/keyed copy of the input data. This file can be used as input for later analyses. Items and persons deleted by PDFILE= or the like are replaced by blank rows or columns in the scored response file. The file format is:

1. Person-id A30 or maximum person-id length

2. Responses one per item:

  A1 if largest scored response is less than or equal to 9

  A2 if largest scored response is more than 9.

 The width of the responses is not determined by XWIDE=.