Data file layout:
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DATA=
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name of data file
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DELIMITER=
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delimiter of input response data fields
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FORMAT=
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reformat data
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ILFILE=
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item label file
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INUMB=
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label items by sequence number
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ITEM1=
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column number of first response
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ITLEN=
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maximum length of item label
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MFORMS=
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reformatting input records & multiple forms
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NAME1=
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first column of person label
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NAMLEN=
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length of person label
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NI=
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number of items
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PLFILE=
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person label file
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SEPARATOR=
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delimiter of input response data fields
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XWIDE=
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columns per response
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@FIELD=
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user-defined field locations
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Data selection and recoding:
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ALPHANUM=
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alphabetic numbering to exceed 9 with XWIDE=1
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CODES=
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valid & missing data codes
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CUTHI=
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cut off responses with high expectations
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CUTLO=
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cut off responses with low expectations
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EDFILE=
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edit data file
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IREFER=
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identifying items for recoding
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IVALUEx=
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recoding for items
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IWEIGHT=
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item (variable) weighting
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KEYn=
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scoring key
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KEYFROM=
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location of KEYn=
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KEYSCR=
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reassign scoring keys
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MAKEKEY=
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construct an MCQ scoring key
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MISSCORE=
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scored value of missing data: not your missing-data code
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NEWSCORE=
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recoding values
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PWEIGHT=
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person (case) weighting
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RESCORE=
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response recoding
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RESFRM=
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location of RESCORE=
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Items: deleting, anchoring and selecting:
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IAFILE=
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item anchor file
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IANCHQU=
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anchor items interactively
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IDELETE=
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one-line item deletion list
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IDELQU=
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delete items interactively
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IDFILE=
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item deletion file
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IDROPEXTR=
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remove items with extreme scores
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ISELECT=
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item selection criterion
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Person: deleting, anchoring and selecting:
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PAFILE=
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person anchor file
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PANCHQU=
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anchor persons interactively
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PDELETE=
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one-line person deletion list
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PDELQU=
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delete persons interactively
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PDFILE=
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person deletion file
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PDROPEXTR=
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remove persons with extreme scores
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PSELECT=
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person selection criterion
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Rating scales, partial credit items and polytomous response structures:
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GROUPS=
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assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as ISGROUPS=)
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GRPFROM=
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location of ISGROUPS=
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ISGROUPS=
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assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as GROUPS=)
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MODELS=
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assigns model types to items
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MODFROM=
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location of MODELS=
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STKEEP=
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keep non-observed categories in structure
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Category structure: anchoring, labeling, deleting:
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CFILE=
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scored category label file
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CLFILE=
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codes label file
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SAFILE=
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structure anchor file
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SAITEM=
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multiple ISGROUPS= format in SFILE= & SAFILE=
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SANCHQU=
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anchor structure interactively
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SDELQU=
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delete structure interactively
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SDFILE=
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structure deletion file
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Measure origin, anchoring and user-scaling:
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UAMOVE=
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amount to increase anchor values
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UANCHOR=
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anchor values in user-scaled units (only for backward compatibility)
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UASCALE=
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anchor user-scaled value for 1 logit
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UDECIMALS=
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number of decimal places reported
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UEXTREME=
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include extreme scores for UIMEAN= or UPMEAN= = No
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UIMEAN=
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reported user-set mean of item measures
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UMEAN=
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reported user-set mean of item measures
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UPMEAN=
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reported user-set mean of person measures
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USCALE=
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reported user-scaled value for 1 logit
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Output table selection and format:
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ASCII=
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output only ASCII characters
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FORMFEED=
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form-feed character
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HEADER=
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display or suppress Sub-Table Headings after the first
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ITEM=
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title for item labels
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LINELENGTH=
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length of printed lines
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MAXPAGE=
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maximum number of lines per page
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PERSON=
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title for person labels
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TABLES=
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output table selection
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TFILE=
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input file of table numbers to be output
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TITLE=
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title for output listing
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TOTALSCORE=
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show total observed score and count
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WEBFONT=
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font to display using ASCII=Webpage
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Output tables, files and graphs: specific controls
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ASYMPTOTE=
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report estimates of upper and lower asymptotes
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BOXSHOW=
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display border boxes around columns of numbers in tables
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BYITEM=
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show empirical curves for items
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CATREF=
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reference category: Table 2
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CHART=
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graphical plots of measures
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CMATRIX=
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category matrix in Table 3.2, etc.
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CURVES=
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probability curve selection: Tables 21, 2
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DISCRIM=
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display item discrimination estimates
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DISTRT=
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output category/distractor/option counts
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EQFILE=
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code equivalences
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FITHIGH=
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lower bar in charts
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FITI=
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item misfit criterion
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FITLOW=
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lower bar in charts
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FITP=
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person misfit criterion
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FRANGE=
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half-range of fit statistics on plots
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HIADJ=
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correction for top categories
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IMAP=
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item label for item maps
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IPEXTREME=
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placement of extreme scores on maps
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ISORT=
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sort column in item label
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ISUBTOTAL=
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subtotal items by specified columns
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LOWADJ=
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correction for bottom categories
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MNSQ=
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show mean-square or t standardized fit
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MATRIX=
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correlation output format
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MRANGE=
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half-range of measures on plots
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MTICK=
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measure distance between tick-marks on plots in Tables
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NAMLMP=
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label length on maps
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OSORT=
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category/option/distractor sorted by score, count or measure
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OUTFIT=
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sort misfits on outfit or infit
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PMAP=
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person label for person maps
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PSORT=
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sort column in person label
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PSUBTOTAL=
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subtotal persons by specified columns
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PVALUE=
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report item proportion-correct-values or average ratings
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STEPT3=
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structure summary in Table 3 or 21
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T1I#=
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items per # in Table 1
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T1P#=
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persons per # in Table 1
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T7OPTIONS=
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selects Table 7.1 and 11.1 detail lines
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TRPOTYPE=
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transposed file type
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UCOUNT=
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most unexpected responses in Tables 6 and 10.
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W300=
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produce IFILE= and PFILE= in 3.00 format
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Output file format control:
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CSV=
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comma-separated values in output files
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HLINES=
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heading lines in output files
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QUOTED=
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quote-marks around labels
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Estimation, operation and convergence control:
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ANCESTIM=
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Special alternative estimation method for anchored analyses
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CONVERGE=
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select convergence criteria
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EXTRSCORE=
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extreme score adjustment
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LCONV=
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logit change at convergence
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LOCAL=
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locally restandardize fit statistics
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MJMLE=
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maximum number of JMLE iterations
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MPROX=
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maximum number of PROX iterations
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MUCON=
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maximum number of JMLE iterations
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NORMAL=
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normal distribution for standardizing fit
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PAIRED=
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correction for paired comparison data
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PTBISERIAL=
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compute point-biserial correlations
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RCONV=
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score residual at convergence
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REALSE=
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inflate S.E. of measures for misfit
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STBIAS=
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correct for estimation bias
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TARGET=
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information-weighted estimation
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WHEXACT=
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Wilson-Hilferty exact normalization
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Program operation:
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BATCH=
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set batch mode
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FSHOW=
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show files created from control file
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MAKEKEY=
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construct an MCQ scoring key
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SPFILE=
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supplemental control file
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&END
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end of control variable list
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&INST
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start of control variable list (ignored)
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END LABELS
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end of item label list
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Secondary (post-hoc) processing
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DIF=
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person label columns for DIF
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DPF=
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item label columns for DPF
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G0ZONE=
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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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G1ZONE=
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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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PRCOMP=
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residual type for principal components/contrast analysis
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SICOMPLETE=
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simulate complete data
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SIEXTREME=
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simulate extreme scores = Yes
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SINUMBER=
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number of simulated data files = 1
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SVDDEPTH=
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singular-value decomposition levels
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SVDMAX=
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singular-value decomposition maximum change
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SVDTYPE=
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singular-value decomposition residual type
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