IFILE= item output file |
IFILE=filename produces an output file containing the information for each item. This file contains 4 heading lines (unless HLINES=N or ROW1HEADING=N), followed by one line for each item containing the following fields and the standard field selection. To change the output-field selection, go to the Output File menu, IFILE=, Field selection, Make default., or IOFSFIELDS=.
IFILE= file name |
output file containing details. Usual file types: .txt, .xls |
IFILE = ? |
opens a Browser window to find the file |
"Status=-2 to -6" means that there are no measurable responses by those items in this analysis. The items may be listed in the IFILE= and in Table 14, but all the numbers shown are default values. They have no meaning. Please do not include those items in summary statistics.
Columns: |
with "Select All Fields" using Output File Field Selection |
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Start |
End |
Label |
Format |
Description |
1 |
1 |
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A1 |
Blank or ";" if HLINES=Y and there are no responses or deleted or extreme (status: 0,-1, -2, -3) |
2 |
6 |
ENTRY |
I5 |
1. The item sequence entry number |
7 |
14 |
MEASURE |
F8.2 |
2. Item's JMLE estimated difficulty calibration user-rescaled by UMEAN=, USCALE=, UDECIM=. Measures for deleted or inestimable items are shown as NOMEASURE=, which defaults to 9999. |
15 |
17 |
STATUS |
I3 |
3. The item's status: 2 = Anchored (fixed) measure 1 = Estimated measure 0 = Extreme maximum measure (estimated using EXTRSC=) for extreme maximum person raw score, or extreme minimum item raw score (-1 if USCALE= < 0) -1 = Extreme minimum measure (estimated using EXTRSC=) for extreme minimum person raw score (usually 0), or extreme maximum item raw score (0 if USCALE= < 0) -2 = No responses available for measure -3 = Deleted by user. PDELETE=, PDFILE=, IDELETE=, IDFILE=, PSELECT=, ISELECT= -4 = Inestimable: high (all responses in the same category with ISGROUPS=0 or CUTHI=) -5 = Inestimable: low (all responses in the same category with ISGROUPS=0 or CUTLO=) -6 = Anchored (fixed) measure with extreme (minimum or maximum) observed raw score -7 to -16 = Temporarily deselected by Specification box with iSELECT= (usual STATUS - 10) -17 to -26 = Temporarily deleted by Specification box with IDELETE= (usual STATUS - 20) -27 to -36 = Temporarily deselected and deleted by Specification box with iSELECT= and iDELETE= (usual STATUS - 30) |
18 |
25 |
COUNT |
F8.1 |
4. The number of responses used in calibrating (TOTAL=N) or the observed count (TOTAL=Y) |
26 |
34 |
SCORE |
F9.1 |
5. The raw score used in calibrating (TOTAL=N) or the observed score (TOTAL=Y) |
35 |
41 |
MODLSE REALSE |
F7.2 |
6. Standard error of the JMLE or WMLE item difficulty estimate adjusted by REALSE= and user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM= |
42 |
48 |
IN.MSQ IN.CHI |
F7.2 |
7. Item infit: mean square infit. Chi-square = IN.MSQ* INDF |
49 |
55 |
IN.ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG, PROB |
F7.2 |
8. Item infit: t standardized, locally t standardized, log-scaled or probability of mean-square/chi-square (LOCAL=) |
56 |
62 |
OUT.MS |
F7.2 |
9. Item outfit: mean square outfit. Chi-square = OUT.MS * OUTDF |
63 |
69 |
OUT.ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG, PROB |
F7.2 |
10. Item outfit: t standardized, locally t standardized, log-scaled or probability of mean-square/chi-square (LOCAL=) |
70 |
76 |
DISPLACE |
F7.2 |
11. Item displacement (user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM=) |
77 |
83 |
PBSA, PTBIS=A PBSX, PTBIS=Y PTMA, PTBIS=N PTMX, PTBIS=X |
F7.2 |
12. Item by test-score correlation: point-biserial or point-measure. PTBIS= PBSA = Point-Biserial correlation including all responses in the raw score PBSX = Point-Biserial correlation excluding the current item's response from the raw score PTMA = Point-Measure correlation including all responses for the measure PTMX = Point-Biserial excluding the current item's response from the measure |
84 |
90 |
WEIGHT |
F7.2 |
13. Item weight IWEIGHT= |
91 |
96 |
OBSMA |
F6.1 |
14. Observed percent of observations within 0.5 score-points of their expected values |
97 |
102 |
EXPMA |
F6.1 |
15. Expected percent of observations within 0.5 score-points of their expected values |
103 |
109 |
DISCRIM |
F7.2 |
16. Item discrimination (this is not a parameter estimate, merely a descriptive statistic) DISCRIM= |
110 |
115 |
LOWER |
F6.2 |
17. Item lower asymptote: ASYMPTOTE=Yes |
116 |
121 |
UPPER |
F6.2 |
18. Item upper asymptote: ASYMPTOTE=Yes |
122 |
127 |
PVALU |
F6.2 |
19. Item proportion-correct-values or average ratings: PVALUE=Yes: |
128 |
133 |
PBA-E PBX-E, PBSX-E PMA-E PMX-E |
F6.2 |
20. Expected value of Item by test-score correlation. PTBIS= PBA-E = Expected value of Point-Biserial including all responses in the raw score PBX-E = Expected value of Point-Biserial excluding the current response from the raw score PMA-E = Expected value of Point-Measure including all responses in the measure PMX-E = Expected value of Point-Biserial excluding the current response from the measure |
134 |
139 |
RMSR |
F6.2 |
21. Root-mean-square residual RMSR= |
140 |
147 |
WMLE |
F8.2 |
22. Warm's (Weighted) Mean Likelihood Estimate (WLE) of Item Difficulty user-rescaled by UMEAN=, USCALE=, UDECIM= |
148 |
153 |
INDF |
F6.2 |
23. degrees of freedom of Infit mean-square |
154 |
159 |
OUTDF |
F6.2 |
24. degrees of freedom of Outfit mean-square |
160 |
167 |
QCMLE |
F8.2 |
25. Quasi-CMLE estimates for dichotomous data. 0 otherwise. |
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If CMLE=Yes |
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CMLEM |
F8.2 |
CMLE item measure estimate |
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CMLESE |
F8.2 |
CMLE item measure standard error |
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CMLEIms |
F8.2 |
CMLE item INFIT mean-square fit statistic |
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CMLEIz |
F8.2 |
CMLE item INFIT standardized fit statistic |
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CMLEOms |
F8.2 |
CMLE item OUTFIT mean-square statistic |
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CMLEOz |
F8.2 |
CMLE item OUTFIT standardized fit statistic |
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CMLEWML |
F8.2 |
CMLE Warm Mean Likelihood item measure estimate |
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CMLEIdf |
F8.2 |
CMLE item INFIT degrees of freedom |
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CMLEOdf |
F8.2 |
CMLE item OUTFIT degrees of freedom |
168 |
168 |
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1X |
Blank |
169 |
169 |
GROUPING |
A1 |
26. Grouping to which item belongs (G) ISGROUPS= |
170 |
170 |
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1X |
Blank |
171 |
171 |
MODEL |
A1 |
27. Model used for analysis (R=Rating, S=Success, F=Failure) MODELS= |
172 |
172 |
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1X |
Blank |
173 |
173 |
RECODE |
A1 |
28. Recoding/Rescoring indicator: "." = only CODES= "A" = ALPHANUM= "K" = KEY1= Others = IREFER= |
174 |
174 |
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1X |
Blank |
175 |
205 |
NAME |
A30+ |
29. Item name or label: use ILFILE= for different item names |
The format descriptors are: |
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In = Integer field width n columns |
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Fn.m = Numeric field, n columns wide including n-m-1 integral places, a decimal point and m decimal places |
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An = Alphabetic field, n columns wide |
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nX = n blank columns. |
When CSV=Y, commas separate the values, which are squeezed together without spaces between. Quotation marks surround the "Item name", e.g., 1,2,3,4,"Name". When CSV=T, the commas are replaced by tab characters.
Example: You wish to write a text file on disk called "ITEMCAL.txt" containing the item statistics for use in updating your item bank, with values separated by commas:
IFILE=ITEMCAL.txt
CSV=Y
When W300=Yes, then this is produced in Winsteps 3.00, 1/1/2000, format:
Columns: |
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Start |
End |
Label |
Format |
Description |
1 |
1 |
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A1 |
Blank or ";" if HLINES=Y and there are no responses or deleted (status = -2, -3) |
2 |
6 |
ENTRY |
I5 |
1. The item sequence number |
7 |
14 |
MEASURE |
F8.2 |
2. Item's JMLE estimated calibration (user-rescaled by UMEAN=, USCALE=, UDECIM) |
15 |
17 |
STATUS |
I3 |
3. The item's status: 3 = Anchored (fixed) measure with extreme (minimum or maximum) observed raw score 2 = Anchored (fixed) measure 1 = Estimated measure 0 = Extreme minimum (estimated using EXTRSC=) -1 = Extreme maximum (estimated using EXTRSC=) -2 = No responses available for measure -3 = Deleted by user -4 = Inestimable: high (all responses in the same category with ISGROUPS=0 or CUTHI=) -5 = Inestimable: low (all responses in the same category with ISGROUPS=0 or CUTLO=) -6 = Deselected |
18 |
23 |
COUNT |
I6 |
4. The number of responses used in calibrating (TOTAL=N) or the observed count (TOTAL=Y) |
24 |
30 |
SCORE |
I6 |
5. The raw score used in calibrating (TOTAL=N) or the observed score (TOTAL=Y) |
31 |
37 |
MODLSE REALSE |
F7.2 |
6. Item calibration's standard error with REALSE= and user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM= |
38 |
44 |
IN.MSQ |
F7.2 |
7. Item mean square infit |
45 |
51 |
ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG |
F7.2 |
8. Item infit: t standardized (ZSTD), locally t standardized (ZEMP) or log-scaled (LOG) |
52 |
58 |
OUT.MS |
F7.2 |
9. Item mean square outfit |
59 |
65 |
ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG |
F7.2 |
10. Item outfit:t standardized (ZSTD), locally t standardized (ZEMP) or log-scaled (LOG) |
66 |
72 |
DISPLACE |
F7.2 |
11. Item displacement (user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM=) |
73 |
79 |
PBSA PBSX PTMA PTMX |
F7.2 |
12. Item by test-score correlation: point-biserial or point-measure. PTBIS= PBSA = Point-Biserial correlation including all responses in the raw score PBSX = Point-Biserial correlation excluding the current item's response from the raw score PTMA = Point-Measure correlation including all responses for the measure PTMX = Point-Biserial excluding the current item's response from the measure |
80 |
80 |
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1X |
15. Blank |
81 |
81 |
G |
A1 |
16. Grouping to which item belongs, ISGROUPS= |
82 |
82 |
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1X |
17. Blank |
83 |
83 |
M |
A1 |
18. Model used for analysis (R=Rating, S=Success, F=Failure) MODELS= |
84 |
84 |
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1X |
19. Blank |
85 |
132+ |
NAME |
A30+ |
18. Item name |
Example of IFILE= (to see other fields: : IFILE= Field Selection)
; ACT LIKING FOR SCIENCE (Wright & Masters p.18) Aug 8 22:17 2013
;ENTRY MEASURE ST COUNT SCORE MODLSE IN.MSQ IN.ZST OUT.MS OUT.ZS DISPL PBSA WEIGHT OBSMA EXPMA DISCRM LOWER UPPER PVALU PBA-E RMSR WMLE G M R NAME
1 -.40 1 75.0 109.0 .21 .55 -3.48 .49 -2.53 .00 .69 1.00 77.0 61.7 1.52 .00 2.00 1.45 .53 .42 -.39 1 R . Watch birds
2 -.71 1 75.0 116.0 .22 .93 -.39 .72 -1.02 .00 .66 1.00 74.3 64.4 1.26 .00 2.00 1.55 .50 .52 -.70 1 R . Read books on animals
Example: If you have your anchor values connected to unique item IDs (item labels), then
(1) put your item IDs and anchor values in an Excel table with the item IDs in the first column
(2) run an unanchored analysis in Winsteps. Output the IFILE= to Excel.
(3) VLOOKUP the item IDs in (2) using the Table in (1) to place the anchor values in the Measure column
(4) Save the entry number and measures from (2) to use as an anchor file.
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