Non-numeric values in the output files can be placed within quote-marks. This is required by some software in order to decode internal blanks within labels correctly. These apply to comma-separated and tab-separated output files.

 

QUOTED=Y "non-numeric values within quotation marks"

 

QUOTED=N non-numeric values without quotation marks.

 

Example: Produce an SFILE=

 CSV=Y  ; produce a comma-separated output file

 QUOTED=Y ; with labels in quotation marks

   ";STRUCTURE MEASURE ANCHOR FILE"

   ";CATEGORY","Rasch-Andrich Threshold"

   0,.00

   1,-.86

   2,.86

 QUOTED=N ; labels without quotation marks

   ;STRUCTURE MEASURE ANCHOR FILE

   ;CATEGORY,Rasch-Andrich Threshold

   0,.00

   1,-.86

   2,.86