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Control Variable Index by function |
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Data file layout: |
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name of data file |
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delimiter of input response data fields |
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reformat data |
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item label file |
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label items by sequence number |
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column number of first response |
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maximum length of item label |
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reformatting input records & multiple forms |
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first column of person label |
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length of person label |
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number of items |
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delimiter of input response data fields |
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columns per response |
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user-defined field locations |
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Data selection and recoding: |
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alphabetic numbering to exceed 9 with XWIDE=1 |
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valid & missing data codes |
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cut off responses with high expectations |
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cut off responses with low expectations |
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edit data file |
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identifying items for recoding |
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recoding for items |
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item (variable) weighting |
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scoring key |
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location of KEYn= |
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reassign scoring keys |
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construct an MCQ scoring key |
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scored value of missing data: not your missing-data code |
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recoding values |
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person (case) weighting |
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response recoding |
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location of RESCORE= |
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Items: deleting, anchoring and selecting: |
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item anchor file |
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anchor items interactively |
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one-line item deletion list |
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delete items interactively |
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item deletion file |
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remove items with extreme scores |
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item selection criterion |
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Person: deleting, anchoring and selecting: |
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person anchor file |
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anchor persons interactively |
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one-line person deletion list |
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delete persons interactively |
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person deletion file |
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remove persons with extreme scores |
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person selection criterion |
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Rating scales, partial credit items and polytomous response structures: |
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assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as ISGROUPS=) |
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location of ISGROUPS= |
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assigns items to rating scale or partial credit groupings (same as GROUPS=) |
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assigns model types to items |
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location of MODELS= |
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keep non-observed categories in structure |
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Category structure: anchoring, labeling, deleting: |
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scored category label file |
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codes label file |
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structure anchor file |
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multiple ISGROUPS= format in SFILE= & SAFILE= |
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anchor structure interactively |
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delete structure interactively |
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structure deletion file |
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Measure origin, anchoring and user-scaling: |
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amount to increase anchor values |
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anchor values in user-scaled units (only for backward compatibility) |
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anchor user-scaled value for 1 logit |
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number of decimal places reported |
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reported user-set mean of item measures |
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reported user-set mean of item measures |
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reported user-set mean of person measures |
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reported user-scaled value for 1 logit |
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Output table selection and format: |
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output only ASCII characters |
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form-feed character |
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display or suppress Sub-Table Headings after the first |
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title for item labels |
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length of printed lines |
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maximum number of lines per page |
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title for person labels |
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output table selection |
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input file of table numbers to be output |
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title for output listing |
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show total observed score and count |
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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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report estimates of upper and lower asymptotes |
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show empirical curves for items |
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reference category: Table 2 |
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graphical plots of measures |
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probability curve selection: Tables 21, 2 |
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display item discrimination estimates |
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output category/distractor/option counts |
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code equivalences |
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lower bar in charts |
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item misfit criterion |
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lower bar in charts |
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person misfit criterion |
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half-range of fit statistics on plots |
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correction for top categories |
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item label for item maps |
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sort column in item label |
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subtotal items by specified columns |
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correction for bottom categories |
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show mean-square or t standardized fit |
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correlation output format |
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half-range of measures on plots |
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label length on maps |
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category/option/distractor sorted by score, count or measure |
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sort misfits on outfit or infit |
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person label for person maps |
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sort column in person label |
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subtotal persons by specified columns |
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report item proportion-correct-values or average ratings |
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structure summary in Table 3 or 21 |
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items per # in Table 1 |
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persons per # in Table 1 |
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transposed file type |
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most unexpected responses in Tables 6 and 10. |
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produce IFILE= and PFILE= in 3.00 format |
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Output file format control: |
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comma-separated values in output files |
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heading lines in output files |
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quote-marks around labels |
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Estimation, operation and convergence control: |
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select convergence criteria |
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extreme score adjustment |
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logit change at convergence |
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locally restandardize fit statistics |
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maximum number of JMLE iterations |
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maximum number of PROX iterations |
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maximum number of JMLE iterations |
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normal distribution for standardizing fit |
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correction for paired comparison data |
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compute point-biserial correlations |
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score residual at convergence |
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inflate S.E. of measures for misfit |
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correct for estimation bias |
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information-weighted estimation |
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Wilson-Hilferty exact normalization |
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Program operation: |
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set batch mode |
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show files created from control file |
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construct an MCQ scoring key |
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supplemental control file |
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end of control variable list |
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start of control variable list (ignored) |
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end of item label list |
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Secondary (post-hoc) processing |
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person label columns for DIF |
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item label columns for DPF |
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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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percent of 1's within 1-zone among which all 0's are turned to 1's |
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residual type for principal components/contrast analysis |
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simulate complete data |
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simulate extreme scores = Yes |
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number of simulated data files = 1 |
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singular-value decomposition levels |
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singular-value decomposition maximum change |
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singular-value decomposition residual type |
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Output files |
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control variable listing (same as Table 32) |
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paired-person agreement counts |
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category/distractor/response option count file |
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graphing file for probability curves |
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Guttmanized file of responses |
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inter-item residual correlations |
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item output file |
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item-structure output file (Do not use for anchoring) |
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KeyForm skeleton for Excel plot |
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accumulates control files |
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inter-person residual correlations |
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person output file |
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scored response output file |
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score-to-measure file |
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structure output file |
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simulated data file |
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singular-value decomposition file |
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transposed file |
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analyzed response file |
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Output files - only from Output Files pull-down menu |
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ConstructMap (formerly GradeMap) files |
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response matrix |
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