NKOTP2.FOR -- FORTRAN program
NKOTP2.EXE -- Compiled program that will run on any Pentium computer
NKOTP.DAT -- "Control card" file that controls the operations of the program
(see below)
ABORTK.DAT -- Example data file
TERM3.DAT -- Output File for example
CLASS3.DAT -- Output File for example
NKOTP2.FOR is a slightly modified version of the original
McKelvey-Zavoina N-Chotomous Probit program written by Dick McKelvey
in the late 1960s. The original program was written for the IBM 360
computer and used the old 130 character line fan-fold paper output.
It also used direct writes to disk units (e.g., WRITE(20)....) to
conserve memory (this was 30 years ago!).
These features were eliminated in this version of the program. I
modified the program so it does not do unformatted writes/reads and I
re-formatted the two output files so that they have standard 80
character formats.
To run the program the user must modify the "control card" file
NKOTP.DAT. This file controls the program options and points the
program to the data file being analyzed and what files to use for the
output. Below is the example I have included with the program:
ABORTK.DAT
TERM3.DAT
CLASS3.DAT
CHECKING THINGS OUT
RUN ZULU
12 1 4 10 415 .00001
0 1 2 3
(12F13.6)
0203040506070809101112
The first line -- ABORTK.DAT -- is the name of the data file.
The second line -- TERM3.DAT -- is the name of the file containing a
copy of the output you will see on you screen when you run the
program.
The third line -- CLASS3.DAT -- is the name of the file
containing an analysis of each observation of the data file. It has
the predicted probabilities for each response category.
and ...
This is a two line title of your choice. Always include this
even if the lines are blanks!
The Numbers on the sixth line are in order:
Total number of variables including the dependent variable.
The maximum is currently set at 50. This can be increased. Send me E-Mail
if you have a large problem you want to analyze.
The position of the dependent variable
The number of possible responses on the dependent variable --
dependent variable values that are not specified as one of the valid
responses are treated as missing data (list-wise deletion).
The number of allowable iterations
The total number of observations -- Note that the maximum
is 99,999. This can be increased. Send me E-Mail if you have a large
problem you want to analyze.
Constant whose value is used to determine the degree of
precision desired. The format of this line must be (5I5,F10.5).
Line seven lists the valid responses for the dependent variable.
The format of this line must be *I5 where * is the number of valid responses.
and ...
This is the FORMAT specification for the input data matrix.
Always include the second line even if the format statement uses only
the first line!
The order numbers of the independent variables to be included in the
analysis. Note that if the Dependent variable were the 3rd column of the
data matrix then these numbers would be:
0102040506070809101112
To run the program, simply place these 6 files in a directory
and type NKOTP2. The program reads NKOTP2.DAT and ABORTK.DAT
and outputs TERM3.DAT and CLASS3.DAT. To run your own analysis,
simply change the file names and control numbers in NKOTP.DAT.