This command has not proved productive. It is maintained for backwards compatibility.

 

Instructs where to find the MODELS= information.

Only use this if you have too many items to put conveniently on one line of the MODELS= control variable. It is easier to use "+" continuation lines

 

MODFROM=N MODELS= is a control variable before &END (the standard).

 

MODFROM=Y

MODELS= information follows just after &END but before the item names. It is formatted exactly like a data record. It is helpful to enter "MODELS=" where the person name would go.

 

Example: A test consists of 10 three-category items. The highest level answer is scored with KEY2=. The next level with KEY1=. Some items have the "Success" structure, where the higher level is administered only after success has been achieved on the lower level. Some items have the "Failure" structure, where the lower level is administered only after failure at the higher level. The MODELS=, KEY1=, KEY2= are formatted exactly like data records. The data records are in a separate file.

  NAME1 = 5  start of person-id

  ITEM1 = 20  start of responses

  NI = 10  ten items

  CODES = ABCDE valid codes

  MODFRM = Y  MODELS= in data format

  KEYFRM = 2  two keys in data format

  DATA = DATAFILE location of data

  ;        1         2 columns

  ;2345678901234567890

  &END

  MODELS=           SSSFFFSSSS  data format

  KEY1=             BCDABCDABC  starts in column ITEM1 = 20

  KEY2=             ABCDDBCBAA

  Item name 1 first item name

  |

  Item name 10

  END NAMES