Table 5.2 Person infit-outfit fit plot

If both Table 4.1 infit and Table 5.1 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. The letters on the indicate misfitting persons in Table 6.1. Numbers are the count of persons with that degree of misfit at that location on the plot.

 

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

      ---------------------------------------------------------------------        

    6            |                   |                   .                   6

P                |                   |                 .B                     

E   5            |                   |              .        A               5

R                |                   |            .                           

S   4            |                   |         .                             4

O                |                   |       .                                

N   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

       -------------------------------------------------------------------       

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

                                 PERSON OUTFIT ZSTD