problem with combined item difficulty map

[cucho_veas]

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to run a 6-factor scale using multidimensional rating scale model; however, when I select the option Table Combined Item Difficulty Map, it only appears the distribution of the items. At the left space, appears "case estimate not requested". Did I make something wrong? My command is:

Datafile XXXX;
Title XXXX;
Format id 32-34 responses 1-30;
codes 0,1,2,3;
score (0,1,2,3) (0,1,2,3) () () () () () !items (2,4,12,16,19);
score (0,1,2,3) () (0,1,2,3) () () () () !items (8,17,23,26,27);
score (0,1,2,3) () () (0,1,2,3) () () () !items (13,20,22,25,29);
score (0,1,2,3) () () () (0,1,2,3) () () !items (3,5,10,11,30);
score (0,1,2,3) () () () () (0,1,2,3) () !items (1,7,14,18,24);
score (0,1,2,3) () () () () () (0,1,2,3) !items (6,9,15,21,28);
Model item+step;
Estimate !method=Montecarlo, nodes =2500, converge =.005

[dan_c]

check out the command reference:

https://www.acer.org/files/Command-Reference.pdf

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abilities=reply

If reply is yes, ability estimates (WLE, MLE, EAP and plausible values) will be generated after the model has converged. This may accelerate later commands that require the use or display of these estimates. The default is no.
If you add the option abilities=yes to your estimate statement, ConQuest will produce case estimates.

Alternatively you can request specific case estimates. Say you wanted to only estimate PVs and include them in the Combined Item Difficulty Map:

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show ! estimates=latent, filetype = xlsx, tables = 1:2:3:4:5:9 >> myShow.xlsx;
For a list of the tables in show files, see the command ref.

[cucho_veas]

Thanks! I will run the ability=yes command to produce case estimates.