- & -
&END end of control variables (required)
&INST start of control variables (ignored)
- @ -
@Fieldname = name for location in person or item label
- A -
ALPHANUM= alphabetic numbering
ASYMPTOTE= item upper and lower asymptotes = No
- B -
BATCH= Running in batch mode = No
BYITEM= display graphs for items = Yes
- C -
CATREF= reference category for Table 2 = (item measure)
CFILE= scored category label file
CHART= output graphical plots in Tables 10 & 13-15 = Yes
CONVERGE= select convergence criteria = Either
CSV= comma-separated values in output files = No
CURVES= curves for Tables 2 & 21 = 111 all
CUTHI= cut off responses with high probability of success = 0 no
CUTLO= cut off responses with low probability of success = 0 no
- D -
DATA= name of data file = (data at end of control file)
DELIMITER= data field delimiters = " " fixed fields
DIF= columns within person label for Table 30 = $S1W1
DISCRIMINATION= report item discrimination = No
DISFILE= category/distractor/option count file
DISTRT= output option counts in Tables 10 & 13-15 = Yes
Do-it-yourself control and data file construction
DPF= columns within item label for Table 31 = $S1W1
- E -
END LABELS end of control variables
END NAMES end of control variables
EXTRSC= extreme score correction for extreme measures = 0.3
- F -
FITHIGH= higher bar in charts = 0 none
FITI= item misfit criterion = 2.0
FITLOW= lower bar in charts = 0 none
FITP= person misfit criterion = 2.0
FORMFD= the form feed character = ^ MS-DOS standard
FRANGE= half-range of fit statistics on plots = 0 auto-size
- G -
G0ZONE= One-to-zero zone = 50 %
G1ZONE = Zero-to-one zone = 50 %
GRFILE= probability curve coordinate output file
GROUPS= assigns items to groups = " " all in one grouping
GRPFROM= location of GROUPS= = No before &END
GUFILE= Guttmanized response file
- H -
HEADER= display or suppress subtable headings = Yes
HIADJ= correction for top rating scale categories = 0.25
HLINES= heading lines in output files = Yes
- I -
IANCHQU= anchor items interactively = No
ICORFILE= item residual correlation file
IDELETE= item one-line item deletion
IDELQU= delete items interactively = No
IDROPEXTREME= drop items with extreme scores = No
ILFILE= item label file = (after &END)
IMAP= item label on item maps Tables 1 & 12 = (whole label)
INUMB= label items by sequence numbers = No
IPMATRIX= response-level matrix (from Output Files menu only)
IREFER= identifying items for recoding (with IVALUE=)
ISELECT= item selection criterion = * all items
ISFILE= item structure output file
ISGROUPS= assigns items to groups = " " all in one grouping
ISORT= column within item label for alphabetical sort in Table 15 = 1
ISUBTOTAL= columns within item label for subtotals in Table 27
ITEM= title for item labels = ITEM
ITEM1= column number of first response = (required)
ITLEN= maximum length of item label = 30
IVALUEx= recoding of data (with IREFER=)
IWEIGHT= item (variable) weighting
- K -
KEYFROM= location of KEYn= = 0 before &END
KEYSCR= reassign scoring keys = 123..
- L -
LCONV= logit change at convergence = .001 logits
LINELENGTH= length of printed lines in Tables 7 & 10-16 & 22 = 80
LOCAL= locally restandardize fit statistics = No
LOGFILE= accumulates control files
LOWADJ= correction for bottom rating scale categories = 0.25
- M -
MAKEKEY= construct MCQ key = No
MATRIX= correlation ooutput file layout = No
MAXPAGE= the maximum number of lines per page = 0 no limit
MFORMS= reformat input data and multiple data forms
MHSLICE= Mantel-Haenszel slice width = .1
MISSCORE= scoring of missing data codes = -1(ignore)
MJMLE= maximum number of JMLE (UCON) iterations = 0 no limit
MNSQ= show mean-square instead of t-standardized fit statistics = Yes
MODELS= assigns model types to items = R dichotomy or rating scale or partial credit
MODFROM= location of MODELS= = N before &END
MPROX= maximum number of PROX iterations = 10
MRANGE= half-range of measures on plots = 0 auto-size
MUCON= maximum number of JMLE (UCON) iterations = 0 no limit
- N -
NAME1= first column of person label = 1
NAMLEN= length of person label = (calculated)
NAMLMP= name length on map for Tables 1 & 12 & 16 = (calculated)
NEWSCORE= recoding values (with RESCORE=)
NI= number of items (required)
NORMAL= normal distribution for standardizing fit = No chi-square
- O -
OSORT= category/option/distractor sort = S score value order
OUTFIT= sort misfits on greater of infit or outfit = Yes
- P -
PAIRED= correction for paired comparison data = No
PANCHQU= anchor persons interactively = No
PCORFIL= person residual correlation file
PDELETE= person one-line item deletion
PDELQU= delete persons interactively = No
PDROPEXTREME= drop persons with extreme scores = No
PERSON= title for person labels = PERSON
PMAP= person label on person map: Tables 1 & 16 = (whole name)
PRCOMP= residual type for Tables 23-24 = S standardized
PSELECT= person selection criterion = * all persons
PSORT= column within person label for alphabetical sort in Table 19 = 1
PSUBTOTAL= columns within person label for subtotals in Table 28
PTBIS= point-biserial (instead of point-measure) correlation coefficients = No
PVALUE= proportion correct or average rating = No
PWEIGHT= person (case) weighting
- Q -
QUOTED= quote marks around labels = Yes
- R -
RCONV= score residual at convergence = 0.1
REALSE= inflate S.E. of measures for misfit = No
RESCORE= response recoding (with NEWSCORE= or KEYn=)
RESFROM= location of RESCORE= No (before &END)
- S -
SAFILE= item structure anchor file
SAITEM= item numbers in SFILE= and SAFILE= (with one ISGROUPS=) = No
SANCHQ= anchor structures interactively = No
SDELQU= delete structure interactively = No
SDFILE= item structure deletion file
SEPARATOR= data field delimiters = " " fixed fields
SICOMPLETE= simulate complete data = Yes
SIEXTREME= simulate extreme scores = Yes
SINUMBER= number of simulated data files = 1
SISEED= simulated data seed = 0 (clock)
SPFILE= supplementary control file
STBIAS= correct for JMLE statistical estimation bias = No
STEPT3= include structure summary in Table 3 (instead of Table 21) = Yes
STKEEP= keep non-observed intermediate categories in structure = Yes
- T -
T1I#= number of items summarized by "#" symbol in Table 1 = (auto-size)
T1P#= number of persons summarized by "#" symbol in Table 1 = (auto-size)
TARGET= estimate using information-weighting = No
TFILE= list of Tables to be output
TITLE= title for output listing = (control file name)
TOTALSCORE= show total scores with extreme observations = No
TRPOFILE= the transposed control and data file
TRPOTYPE= controls the format of the transposed file
- U -
UANCHOR= anchor values supplied in user-scaled units = Yes
UASCALE= the anchor scale value of 1 logit = 1
UCOUNT = number of unexpected responses: Tables 6 & 10 = 50
UDECIMALS= number of decimal places reported = 2
UIMEAN= the mean or center of the item difficulties = 0
UMEAN= the mean or center of the item difficulties = 0
UPMEAN = the mean or center of the person abilities = (computed)
USCALE= the user-scaled value of 1 logit = 1
- W -
W300= Output files in Winsteps 3.00 format = No
WHEXACT= Wilson-Hilferty exact normalization = Yes
- X -