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Error messages in path analysis |
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James Hodge posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 8:41 am
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Hello, I'm trying to run a path analysis and I'm getting the error messages below. Any thoughts? 1) Why is it saying my N is zero? 2) What symbol is invalid in "HEt1"? Thanks! -James ________ Mplus VERSION 6.12 MUTHEN & MUTHEN 02/11/2014 11:37 AM INPUT INSTRUCTIONS TITLE: PEZ path analysis DATA: FILE IS pez-data-for-path-analysis.csv; NOBSERVATIONS IS 180; VARIABLE: NAMES ARE id HEt1 MDt1 BDIt1 HEt2 MDt2 BDIt2 HEt3 MDt3 BDIt3; USEVARIABLES ARE BDIt1 BDIt2 BDIt3 HEt1 HEt2 HEt3; ANALYSIS: TYPE IS GENERAL; ESTIMATOR IS ML; MODEL: BDIt3 ON BDIt2; BDIt3 ON HEt2; HEt3 ON HEt2; HEt3 ON BDIt2 (1); BDIt2 ON BDIt1; BDIt2 ON HEt1; HEt2 ON HEt1; HEt2 ON BDIt1 (1); BDIt2 WITH HEt1; OUTPUT: SAMP; STAND; RES; *** ERROR The number of observations is 0. Check your data and format statement. Data file: pez-data-for-path-analysis.csv *** ERROR Invalid symbol in data file: "HEt1" at record #: 1, field #: 2 |
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Open the data file in the Mplus editor. Delete the invalid character at the beginning of the data set. Save the data. |
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