Table 9.2 Item infit-outfit fit plot

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If both infit and outfit plots are requested, then a plot of outfit against infit is also produced to assist with the identification of the different patterns of observations they diagnose. For interpretation of fit statistics, see dichotomous and polytomous fit statistics.

 

      -4   -3   -2   -1    0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9     

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    6            |                   |                   .                   6

                 |                   |                 .B                     

    5            |                   |              .        A               5

I                |                   |            .                           

T   4            |                   |         .                             4

E                |                   |       .                                

M   3            |                   |    .            C                     3

                 |                   |I .         D                           

I   2  ----------+--------- -U-Q---M-+-------2---------------------------    2

N                |                 . | H          E                           

F   1            |           T  .    J                                       1

I                |       24   2      |                                        

T   0                   453W       K                                         0

                 |     31.3    PO  L |                                        

S  -1            |   2721       N    |                                      -1

T                |  .3ov    V        |                                        

D  -2  ----------+-2gk-w--- ---------+-----------------------------------   -2

               b d                   |                                        

   -3       a   c|                   |                                      -3

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      -4   -3   -2   -1    0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9     

                              ITEM OUTFIT ZSTD