OUTFILE Subcommand (CATPCA command)

The OUTFILE subcommand is used to write the discretized data, transformed data (category indicators replaced with optimal quantifications), the object scores, and the approximation to a data file or previously declared data set. Excluded cases are represented by a dot (the system-missing symbol) on every saved variable.

DISCRDATA('savfile'|'dataset'). Discretized data.

TRDATA('savfile'|'dataset'). Transformed variables. This setting is the default if the OUTFILE subcommand is specified with a filename and without a keyword. Missing values that are specified to be treated as passive are represented by a dot.

OBJECT('savfile'|'dataset'). Object (component) scores.

APPROX('savfile'|'dataset'). Approximation for variables that do not have optimal scaling level MNOM.

ELLCOORD('savfile'|'dataset'). Coordinates of ellipse plots. The coordinates file is saved only if RESAMPLE=BOOTSTRAP and DIMENSIONS=2.

• Filenames should be enclosed in quotes and are stored in the working directory unless a path is included as part of the file specification. Data sets are available during the current session but are not available in subsequent sessions unless you explicitly save them as data files. The names should be different for each of the keywords.

In principle, the active data set should not be replaced by this subcommand, and the asterisk (*) file specification is not supported. This strategy also prevents OUTFILE interference with the SAVE subcommand.