@Fieldname= name for location in person or item label |
@Fieldname= allows for user-defined names for locations with the person or item labels to be specified with the column selection rules.
@Fieldname = value
Field name: a user-specified name which can include letters and numbers, but not = signs. Field names are converted to capital letters, and must be referenced in full. Fieldname is 1 to 9 characters, e.g., @X or @123456789 or @FIRSTNAME
Value: a user-specified values which must accord with the column selection rules.
@ILABEL= is the length of the longest item label
@PLABEL= is the length of the longest person label
Example 1: The gender of persons is in column 14 of the person label. A DIF report on gender is wanted.
@GENDER = 14 ; gender indicator in column 14 of the person label
DIF = @GENDER ; DIF classification is by Gender column
or
DIF = @gender ; lower case letters in field names are allowed
but not
DIF = @GEN ; abbreviations of field names are not allowed
TFILE=*
30 ; produce the DIF Table
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This can also be done by the pull-down menus
Specification menu box: @GENDER = 14
Output Tables menu: 30. Items: DIF
Right-click on DIF selection box: @GENDER
Click on OK box
Example: DIF for ethnicity in the pre- and post- treatment group:
In the person label, a column for pre-post code, say column 7
@PREPOST=7
a column for an ethnicity code, say column 3
@ETHNIC=3
DIF for pre-post and ethnicity:
DIF=@PREPOST+@ETHNIC
Produce Table 30
One way: in your Winsteps control file:
TFILE=*
@PREPOST=7
@ETHNIC=3
DIF=@PREPOST+@ETHNIC
30
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