Work Order: (in a folder named PUPIRT, for example)
Create a PUP answer file (.ANS) or download NURSE1.ANS.
Create a Ministep answer file (.txt) or download Nurse1.txt.
Run Ministep and save Table 6 as IRT.txt or download IRT.txt
Run PUP-IRT in the folder named PUPIRT.
Ministep is easy to use after you select the few features you will need.
1. Click Ministep to run the program.
2. At the Ministep Welcome, click NO.
3. Press Enter for Dialog Box:
4. Find and select: Nurse1.txt.
5. Press Enter for temporary file:
6. Press Enter to analyze:
7. Click Output Tables.
8. Click 6. PERSON (rows): fit order
9. Save Table 6 in the folder named PUPIRT as: IRT.txt
PUP 5.20 and Winsteps are unlimited. Ministep is limited to 25 questions and 75 students. PUP 5.20 requires a file named IRT.txt for automatic loading and for analysis. (You can name the Ministep Table 6 file whatever you want but then you must find and select it.)
1. Click PUP-IRT to run the program.
2. Click Enable Content to activate macros (if asked).
3. Click Add-Ins to expose the program tool bar.
4. Click Import , find and select: NURSE1.ANS
5. Click Parse, find and select (if not automatic): IRT.txt
The following combined CTT and IRT files are then colored:
1. MUD 3a. Mastery, Unfinished, and Discriminating items.
2. EGMD** 3b. Expected, Guessing, Misconception, and Discriminating Items.
3. Guttman 3c. Sorted by Student Score and Item Difficulty.
4. IDxItem 3d. Sorted by Student ID and Item Number.
5. TopFive 9. Individual Pairings (presumptive cheating).
* Linacre, J. M. (2011). WINSTEPS® Rasch measurement computer program. Beaverton, Oregon: Winsteps.com.
**EGMD only prints with Knowledge and Judgment Scoring (KJS) as only when students are permitted to report what they trust (understand and find useful as the basis for further learning) is this information available.
