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Hello Dr. Muthen, I modeled a bivariate autoregressive model. Looking at the standardized solution some estimates are bigger than 1. Normaly this could indicate multicollinearity. I can't find any information if this is as problematic as in normal regressions or if this is formed through the autoregressive process. Should I transform the data? Or isn't it problematic in those kind of models? Could you please help me? Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Jana |
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You can request TECH4 and see what the estimated correlations are among your variables. I assume that you allow residual correlations for variables at the same time point. |
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Dear Mr. Muthen, as expected the estimated correlation among the variables with autoregressive relationship are very high (around 0.99). Your assumtion regarding the allowed residual correlations for variables at the same time point is right but i also tried to estimate the model with fixed residual correlations to 0 - without any changes. Should I try to find a solution without those problems? Or is it possible to report such a model with standardized estimates larger than 1? I found a text of joereskog about this problematic, but it only mentioned the same thing I already knew: higher values might suggest that there is a high degree of multicollinearity in the data. I didnt find any papers dealing with that problem within those autoregressive path models. Kind regards, Jana |
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Perhaps the two processes are just too highly correlated at each time point to be studied separately. |
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Dear Dr Muthen, I'm currently trying to run a pathway analysis model with the following variables: IV: X1 (experimentally manipulated between-subject variable with two levels) Mediators: Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 (all continuous variables measured after the manipulation of X1) DV: Y5 (continuous variable measured after the mediators) I set up the following model: MODEL Y1 ON X1 Y2 ON X1 Y3 ON X1 Y4 ON X1 Y5 ON Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 X1 Y1 WITH Y2 Y3 Y4 Y2 WITH Y3 Y4 Y3 WITH Y4 MODEL INDIRECT Y5 IND Y1 X1 Y5 IND Y2 X1 Y5 IND Y3 X1 Y5 IND Y4 X1 Y5 IND X1 I'm concerned that I might be having a multicollinearity issue with my four mediating factors but I'm unsure how to test for multicollinearity in Mplus. I had a look through the manual and online but I have been able to find anything that helps me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Georgia |
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Mplus has no test of multicollinearity. You can look at correlations of factors in TECH4. |
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Thank you for your speedy response Dr Muthen. Sorry to bother you again but in the Tech4 output I have correlation that are ranging from .68- .80 between my mediators. The mediator that is correlated at the .80 with another mediator is still producing a significant indirect effect in the model. Do you think that I can report these results or do you think that they mediators are to highly correlated? Thank you again Georgia |
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These are pretty high. Perhaps you could make them into a factor and use the factor as a mediator. |
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Thank you for all your help Dr Muthen. I'll give that a try. |
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Hello Prof. Muthen, I have got a question: I modeled a bivariate autoregressive model. Yet, looking at the standardized solution (stdyx)I found that some estimates are bigger than 1. At first I thought it might be due to multicolinearity, so I did what you suggested above and had a look at the correlations using TECH4. However, the correlations between my latent variables vary between .12 and .38 so I don`t think that multicolinearity is relevant here. Do you have any idea why I got coefficients bigger than 1? Thank you very much for your help! Kind regards, Michael |
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See the FAQ on the website called Standardized Coefficients Greater Than One. |
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Thanks a lot! |
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