Control variable
|
Use
|
Shortest
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AGREEFILE=
|
paired-person agreement file
|
AG
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AGREEGROUP=
|
compare with other groups in Table 35
|
AGREEG
|
ALPHANUM=
|
alphabetic numbering to exceed 9 with XWIDE=1
|
ALP
|
ANCESTIM=
|
Special alternative estimation method for anchored analyses
|
ANCE
|
ASCII=
|
output only ASCII characters
|
ASC
|
ASYMPTOTE=
|
report estimates of upper and lower asymptotes
|
ASY
|
BATCH=
|
set batch mode
|
BA
|
BOXSHOW=
|
draw boxes around Output Tables
|
BO
|
BYITEM=
|
show empirical curves for items
|
BY
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CATREF=
|
reference category: Table 2
|
CATR
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CFILE=
|
scored category label file
|
CF
|
CHART=
|
graphical plots of measures
|
CHA
|
CHISQUARE=
|
output Chi-square instead of Mean-square in IFILE= and PFILE=
|
CHI
|
CLFILE=
|
codes label file
|
CL
|
CMATRIX=
|
category matrix in Table 3.2, etc.
|
CMA
|
CMLE=
|
Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimation
|
CML
|
CODERANGE=
|
numerical range of data codes
|
CODER
|
CODES=
|
valid & missing data codes
|
COD
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CONVERGE=
|
select convergence criteria
|
CON
|
CSV=
|
comma-separated values in output files
|
CS
|
CURVES=
|
probability curve selection: Tables 21, 2
|
CUR
|
CUTHI=
|
cut off responses with high expectations
|
CUTH
|
CUTLO=
|
cut off responses with low expectations
|
CUTL
|
DATA=
|
name of data file
|
DA or MS
|
DATESHOW=
|
display analysis date and Winsteps version number in Table headings
|
DATES
|
DELIMITER=
|
delimiter of input response data fields
|
DELI
|
DIF=
|
person label columns for DIF
|
DIF
|
DISCRIM=
|
display item discrimination estimates
|
DISC
|
DISFILE=
|
category/distractor/response option count file
|
DISF
|
DISOPTION=
|
distractor file reporting option
|
DISO
|
DISTRACTOR=
|
output category/distractor/option counts
|
DIST
|
DPF=
|
item label columns for DPF
|
DPF
|
EDFILE=
|
edit data file
|
ED
|
EFILE=
|
expected scores on the items
|
EF
|
EQFILE=
|
code equivalences
|
EQ
|
ETYPE=
|
expected score file options
|
ET
|
EXCAT=
|
extreme-category adjustment
|
EXC
|
EXCELDECIMAL=
|
decimal separator for Excel spreadsheets
|
EXCELD
|
EXCELNUMBER=
|
Excel converts numeric labels into numbers = No
|
EXCELN
|
EXCELPLOT32=
|
Use 32-bit Excel Plot interface = Yes (when available)
|
EXCELP
|
EXTRSCORE=
|
extreme score adjustment
|
EXT or MM
|
FITHIGH=
|
lower bar in charts
|
FITH
|
FITITEM=
|
item misfit criterion
|
FITI or MFIT2
|
FITLOW=
|
lower bar in charts
|
FITL
|
FITPERSON=
|
person misfit criterion
|
FITP or MFIT1
|
FORMAT=
|
reformat data
|
FORMA
|
FORMFEED=
|
form-feed character
|
FORMF
|
FRANGE=
|
half-range of fit statistics on plots
|
FRA or Y
|
FREQUENT=
|
column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16
|
FRE
|
FSHOW=
|
show files created from control file
|
FS
|
G0ZONE=
|
percent of 0's within 0-zone among which all 1's are turned to 0's
|
G0 or GO
|
G1ZONE=
|
percent of 1's within 1-zone among which all 0's are turned to 1's
|
G1
|
GRFILE=
|
graphing file for probability curves
|
GRF
|
GROUPS=
|
assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as ISGROUPS=)
|
GRO
|
GRPFROM=
|
location of ISGROUPS=
|
GRP
|
GUFILE=
|
Guttmanized file of responses
|
GU
|
HEADER=
|
display or suppress Sub-Table Headings after the first
|
HE
|
HIADJ=
|
correction for top categories
|
HI
|
HLINES=
|
heading lines in output files
|
HL
|
IADD=
|
add item difficulty to GRFILE= measure
|
IAD
|
IAFILE=
|
item anchor file
|
IAF or AF
|
IANCHQU=
|
anchor items interactively
|
IAN or ANCH
|
ICOLORFILE=
|
colors for item labels in PKMAPs
|
ICOL
|
ICORFILE=
|
inter-item residual correlations
|
ICOR
|
IDELETE=
|
one-line item deletion list
|
IDELE
|
IDELQU=
|
delete items interactively
|
IDELQ or DELQ
|
IDFILE=
|
item deletion file
|
IDF or DF
|
IDROPEXTR=
|
remove items with extreme scores
|
IDR
|
IFILE=
|
item output file
|
IF
|
ILFILE=
|
item label file
|
IL
|
IMAP=
|
item label for item maps
|
IMA
|
INDEXED=
|
summarize response strings for estimation
|
IND
|
INUMB=
|
label items by sequence number
|
IN or ISEQ
|
IOFSFIELDS=
|
field selection for IFILE=
|
IO
|
IPDECIMALS=
|
decimal places reported in IFILE= and PFILE=
|
IPD
|
IPEXTREME=
|
placement of extreme scores on maps
|
IPE
|
IPMATRIX=
|
response matrix
|
IPM
|
IPRFILE=
|
change codes for blocks of persons and items
|
IPR
|
IREFER=
|
identifying items for recoding
|
IR
|
ISELECT=
|
item selection criterion
|
ISE
|
ISFILE=
|
item-structure output file
|
ISF
|
ISGROUPS=
|
assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as GROUPS=)
|
ISG
|
ISORT=
|
sort column in item label
|
ISO
|
ISRANGE=
|
category range of an item group
|
ISR or ICR
|
ISUBTOTAL=
|
subtotal items by specified columns
|
ISU
|
ITEM=
|
title for item labels
|
ITEM
|
ITEM1=
|
column number of first response
|
ITEM1
|
ITLEN=
|
maximum length of item label
|
ITL
|
IVALUEx=
|
recoding for items
|
IV
|
IWEIGHT=
|
item (variable) weighting
|
IW
|
KEYFORM=
|
keyform output file (backwards compatibility only)
|
KEYFO or KEYFI
|
KEYFROM=
|
location of KEYn=
|
KEYFR
|
KEYn=
|
scoring key
|
KEY
|
KEYSCR=
|
reassign scoring keys
|
KEYS
|
LCONV=
|
logit change at convergence
|
LC
|
LESS=
|
column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16
|
LE
|
LINELENGTH=
|
length of printed lines
|
LI
|
LOCAL=
|
locally restandardize fit statistics
|
LOC
|
LOGFILE=
|
accumulates control files
|
LOG
|
LOWADJ=
|
correction for bottom categories
|
LOW or LOA
|
MAKEKEY=
|
construct an MCQ scoring key
|
MAK
|
MATRIX=
|
correlation output format
|
MAT
|
MAXPAGE=
|
maximum number of lines per page
|
MAXP
|
MBOTTOM=
|
lowest measure in Table 1 etc.
|
MB
|
MCMLE=
|
maximum number of CMLE iterations = 0, no limit
|
MCM
|
MFORMS=
|
reformatting input records & multiple forms
|
MFO
|
MHSLICE=
|
size of Mantel or Mantel-Haenszel slice
|
MHS
|
MHZERO=
|
adjustment to zero cells in Mantel cross-tabulation
|
MHZ
|
MISSCORE=
|
scored value of missing data: not your missing-data code
|
MI
|
MJMLE=
|
maximum number of JMLE iterations
|
MJ
|
MNSQ=
|
show mean-square or t standardized fit
|
MN or ME
|
MODELS=
|
assigns model types to items
|
MODE
|
MODFROM=
|
location of MODELS=
|
MODF
|
MORE=
|
column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16
|
MOR
|
MPROX=
|
maximum number of PROX iterations
|
MP
|
MRANGE=
|
half-range of measures on plots in Tables
|
MR or XA
|
MTICK=
|
measure distance between tick-marks on plots in Tables
|
MTI
|
MTOP=
|
highest measure in Table 1 etc.
|
MTO
|
MUCON=
|
maximum number of JMLE iterations
|
MUC
|
MUNITS=
|
number of rows per measurement unit in Table 1 etc.
|
MUN
|
NAME1=
|
first column of person label
|
NAME1
|
NAMLEN=
|
length of person label
|
NAMELE or NAMLE
|
NAMLMP=
|
label length on maps
|
NAMELM or NAMLM or NAML6
|
NEWSCORE=
|
recoded data values
|
NE
|
NI=
|
number of items
|
NI
|
NOMEASURE=
|
value in IFILE= or PFILE= for no measure
|
NOM
|
NORMAL=
|
normal distribution for standardizing fit
|
NOR
|
OFILE=
|
report output file
|
OF
|
OSORT=
|
category/option/distractor sorted by score, count or measure
|
OS
|
OUTFIT=
|
sort misfits on outfit or infit
|
OU
|
PAFILE=
|
person anchor file
|
PAF
|
PAIRED=
|
correction for paired comparison data
|
PAI
|
PANCHQU=
|
anchor persons interactively
|
PAN
|
PCORFIL=
|
inter-person residual correlations
|
PC
|
PDELETE=
|
one-line person deletion list
|
PDELE
|
PDELQU=
|
delete persons interactively
|
PDELQ
|
PDFILE=
|
person deletion file
|
PDF
|
PDROPEXTR=
|
remove persons with extreme scores
|
PDR
|
PERSON=
|
title for person labels
|
PE
|
PFILE=
|
person output file
|
PF
|
PIVOT=
|
structure anchoring (backwards compatibility only)
|
PI
|
PKMAP=
|
customize Table 36 diagnostic maps
|
PK
|
PLFILE=
|
person label file
|
PL
|
PMAP=
|
person label for person maps
|
PM
|
POFSFIELDS=
|
field selection for PFILE=
|
PO
|
PRCOMP=
|
residual type for principal components/contrast analysis
|
PR
|
PSELECT=
|
person selection criterion
|
PSE
|
PSORT=
|
sort column in person label
|
PSO
|
PSUBTOTAL=
|
subtotal persons by specified columns
|
PSU
|
PTBISERIAL=
|
report point-biserial correlations
|
PT
|
PVALUE=
|
report item proportion-correct-values or average ratings
|
PV
|
PWEIGHT=
|
person (case) weighting
|
PW
|
QCMLE=
|
Quasi-Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimates
|
QCM
|
QUOTED=
|
quote-marks around labels
|
Q
|
RARE=
|
column heading in Tables 1, 12, 16
|
RA
|
RCONV=
|
score residual at convergence
|
RC
|
REALSE=
|
inflate S.E. of measures for misfit
|
REA
|
RESCORE=
|
controls response recoding
|
RESC
|
RESFRM=
|
location of RESCORE=
|
RESF
|
RFILE=
|
scored response output file
|
RF
|
RMSR=
|
report root-mean-square residual in measure tables
|
RMSR
|
ROW1HEADING=
|
heading in first row of output file
|
RO
|
SAFILE=
|
structure anchor file
|
SAF
|
SAITEM=
|
multiple ISGROUPS= format in SFILE= & SAFILE=
|
SAI
|
SANCHQU=
|
anchor structure interactively
|
SAN
|
SCOREFILE=
|
score-to-measure file
|
SC
|
SCREENFILE=
|
screen log file
|
SCREEN
|
SDELQU=
|
delete structure interactively
|
SDELQ
|
SDFILE=
|
structure deletion file
|
SDF
|
SEPARATOR=
|
delimiter of input response data fields
|
SE
|
SFILE=
|
structure output file
|
SF
|
SFUNCTION=
|
function to model Andrich thresholds with polynomials
|
SFU
|
SICOMPLETE=
|
simulate complete data
|
SIC
|
SIEXTREME=
|
simulate extreme scores = Yes
|
SIE or SIX
|
SIFILE=
|
simulated data file
|
SIF
|
SIMEASURE=
|
measure or data = Yes
|
SIM
|
SINUMBER=
|
number of simulated data files = 1
|
SIN
|
SIRESAMPLE=
|
number of persons resampled
|
SIR
|
SISEED=
|
simulated data seed = 0 (clock)
|
SIS
|
SORTABLE=
|
webpages with sortable columns
|
SO
|
SPFILE=
|
supplemental control file
|
SP
|
STBIAS=
|
correct for estimation bias
|
STB
|
STEPT3=
|
structure summary in Table 3.2 or 21
|
STEPT
|
STKEEP=
|
keep non-observed intermediate categories in structure
|
STEPK or STK or STR
|
SUBSETS=
|
perform subset detection
|
SU
|
SVDEPOCHS=
|
maximum epochs for SVD estimation
|
SVDE
|
SVDFACTORS=
|
singular-value decomposition factors
|
SVDFA
|
SVDFILE=
|
singular-value decomposition file
|
SVDFI
|
SVDMIN=
|
singular-value decomposition minimum improvement
|
SVDM
|
SVDTYPE=
|
singular-value decomposition residual type
|
SVDT
|
T1CAT=
|
show category number in subtables
|
T1C
|
T1ITEM#=
|
items per # in Table 1
|
T1I
|
T1MWE=
|
mean and S.D. with extreme measures in Tables 1, 12, 16
|
T1M
|
T1PPERSON#=
|
persons per # in Table 1
|
T1P
|
T1SCORE=
|
show raw score in Tables 1,12,16
|
T1S
|
T1WEIGHTED=
|
weighted items and persons shown once or by weight in Table 1
|
T1W
|
T2SELECT=
|
selects Table 2 subtables
|
T2
|
T30PAIRSMAX=
|
maximum pairs to display in Tables 30.1, 31.1
|
T30P
|
T45OPTIONS=
|
field choices for Table 45
|
T45
|
T7OPTIONS=
|
selects Table 7.1 and 11.1 detail lines
|
T7
|
TABLES=
|
output table selection
|
TAB
|
TARGET=
|
information-weighted estimation
|
TAR
|
TCCFILE=
|
Test Characteristic Curve (TCC) and Test Information Function (TIF)
|
TC
|
TCCHIGH=
|
highest value on TCC measurement scale
|
TCCH
|
TCCINCR=
|
increment on TCC measurement scale
|
TCCI
|
TCCLOW=
|
lowest value on TCC measurement scale
|
TCCL
|
TFILE=
|
input file of table numbers to be output
|
TF
|
TITLE=
|
title for output listing
|
TI
|
TOTALSCORE=
|
show total observed score and count
|
TO
|
TRPOFILE=
|
transposed file
|
TRPOF
|
TRPOTYPE=
|
transposed file type
|
TRPOT
|
UAMOVE=
|
amount to increase anchor values
|
UAM
|
UANCHOR=
|
user anchors (backward compatibility only)
|
UAN
|
UASCALE=
|
anchor user-scale value of 1 logit
|
UAS
|
UCOUNT=
|
most unexpected responses in Tables 6 and 10.
|
UC
|
UDECIMALS=
|
number of decimal places reported
|
UD
|
UEXTREME=
|
include extreme scores for UIMEAN= or UPMEAN= = No
|
UE
|
UIMEAN=
|
reported user-set mean of item measures
|
UI
|
UMEAN=
|
reported user-set mean of item measures
|
UM
|
UPMEAN=
|
reported user-set mean of person measures
|
UP
|
USCALE=
|
reported user-scaled value for 1 logit
|
US
|
UTF8ENC=
|
file is or is not encoded in UTF-8
|
UTF8E
|
UTF8SUB=
|
substitute character for multibyte UTF-8
|
UTF8S
|
W300=
|
produce IFILE= and PFILE= in 3.00 format
|
W3
|
WEBFONT=
|
font to display using ASCII=Webpage
|
WE
|
WHEXACT=
|
Wilson-Hilferty exact normalization
|
WH
|
WMLE=
|
Warm's Mean Likelihood Estimates
|
WM or WA
|
XFILE=
|
analyzed response file
|
XF
|
XWIDE=
|
columns per response
|
XW
|
