PFILE= person output file

Columns:

with 'Select All" fields using Output File Field Selection

Start

End

Label

Format

Description

1

1

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 person sequence entry number

7

14

MEASURE

F8.2

2. JMLE person ability estimate user-rescaled by UMEAN=, USCALE=, UDECIM=. Measures for deleted or inestimable persons are shown as the NOMEASURE= value, which defaults to 9999.

15

17

STATUS

I3

3. The person's status

2 = Anchored (fixed) measure

1 = Estimated measure

0 = Extreme maximum measure (estimated using EXTRSC=) for extreme maximum raw score

-1 = Extreme minimum measure (estimated using EXTRSC=) for extreme minimum raw score (usually 0)

-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 = Anchored (fixed) measure with extreme (minimum or maximum) observed raw score

-7 to -16 = Temporarily deselected by Specification box with PSELECT= (usual STATUS - 10)

-17 to -26 = Temporarily deleted by Specification box with PDELETE= (usual STATUS - 20)

-27 to -36 = Temporarily deselected and deleted by Specification box with PSELECT= and PDELETE= (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 person ability estimate adjusted by REALSE= and user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM=

42

48

IN.MSQ

IN.CHI

F7.2

7. Person infit: mean square infit.  Chi-square = IN.MSQ* INDF
If CHISQUARE=Yes, IN.CHI = Infit Chi-square

49

55

IN.ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG, PROB

F7.2

8. Person infit: t standardized, locally t standardized,, log-scaled or probability (LOCAL=)

56

62

OUT.MS

OUT.CHI

F7.2

9. Person outfit: mean square outfit.  Chi-square = OUT.MSQ* OUTDF
If CHISQUARE=Yes OUT.CHI = Outfit Chi-square

63

69

OUT.ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG, PROB

F7.2

10. Person outfit: t standardized, locally t standardized, log-scaled or probability (LOCAL=)

70

76

DISPLACE

F7.2

11. Person displacement (user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM=)

77

83

PTBS, PTMEAS

F7.2

12. Person by test-score correlation: point-biserial, or point-measure (PTBIS=). This is 0.00 if inestimable.

84

90

WEIGHT

F7.2

13. Person weight (PWEIGHT=)

91

96

OBSMA

F6.1

14. Observed percent of observations matching prediction

97

102

EXPMA

F6.1

15. Expected percent of observations matching prediction

103

108

PVALUE

F6.2

16. P-value: proportion correct or average rating (PVALUE=)

109

114

PME-E

F6.2

17. Expected value of Person by test-score correlation. This is 0.00 if inestimable. See www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt221e.htm

115

120

RMSR

F6.2

18. RMSR: root-mean-square residual (RMSR=)

121

128

WMLE

F8.2

19. Warm's (Weighted) Mean Likelihood Estimate (WLE) of person Ability user-rescaled by UMEAN=, USCALE=, UDECIM=

129

134

INDF

F6.2

20. degrees of freedom of Infit mean-square

135

140

OUTDF

F6.2

21. degrees of freedom of Outfit mean-square

141

148

QCMLE

F8.2

22. Quasi-CMLE estimates for dichotomous data. 0 otherwise.

CMLEM  

F8.2

AMLE person measure estimate based on CMLE item estimates

CMLESE

F8.2

AMLE person measure standard error

CMLEIms

F8.2

CMLE person INFIT mean-square fit statistic based on CMLE probabilities

CMLEIz

F8.2

CMLE person INFIT standardized fit statistic based on CMLE probabilities

CMLEOms

F8.2

CMLE person OUTFIT mean-square statistic based on CMLE probabilities

CMLEOz

F8.2

CMLE person OUTFIT standardized fit statistic based on CMLE probabilities

CMLEWML

F8.2

WMLE Warm Mean Likelihood person measure estimate

CMLEIdf

F8.2

CMLE person INFIT degrees of freedom based on CMLE probabilities

CMLEOdf

F8.2

CMLE person OUTFIT degrees of freedom based on CMLE probabilities

149

149

1X

 Blank

150

150+

NAME

A30+

23. Person name: change NAME1= and NAMELENGTH= to alter this.

The format descriptors are:

In = Integer field width n columns

Fn.m = Numeric field, n columns wide including n-m-1 integral places, a decimal point and m decimal places

An = Alphabetic field, n columns wide

nX = n blank columns.

Columns:

Start

End

Label

Format

Description

1

1

A1

Blank or ";" if HLINES=Y and there are no responses or deleted (status = -2, -3)

2

6

ENTRY

I5

1. The person sequence number

7

14

MEASURE

F8.2

2. Person's ability estimate (user-rescaled by UMEAN=, USCALE=, UDECIM)

15

17

STATUS

I3

3. The person'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 measuring (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. Person ability standard error adjusted by REALSE= and user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM=

38

44

IN.MSQ

F7.2

7. Person mean square infit

45

51

ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG

F7.2

8. Person infit: t standardized, locally t standardized, or log-scaled (LOCAL=)

52

58

F7.2

9. Person mean square outfit (OUT.MS)

59

65

ZSTD, ZEMP, LOG

F7.2

10. Person outfit: t standardized, locally t standardized, or log-scaled (LOCAL=)

66

72

DISPLACE

F7.2

11. Person displacement (user-rescaled by USCALE=, UDECIM=)

73

79

PTBS, PTME

F7.2

12. Person by test-score correlation: point-biserial, or point-measure

80

80

1X

13. Blank

81

112+

NAME

A30+

14. Person name