Mplus VERSION 6
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
04/25/2010  11:39 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  variable:
          names = u1-u6 g;
          categorical = u1-u6;
        grouping= g(1=G1 2=G2);

  data: file is mcdiff.dat;

  analysis:
          !type = meanstructure;
        DIFFTEST=t.dat;

  model:

          f by u1-u6;
          f*0.49;



INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY




SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 2
Number of observations
   Group G1                                                    500
   Group G2                                                    600

Number of dependent variables                                    6
Number of independent variables                                  0
Number of continuous latent variables                            1

Observed dependent variables

  Binary and ordered categorical (ordinal)
   U1          U2          U3          U4          U5          U6

Continuous latent variables
   F

Variables with special functions

  Grouping variable     G

Estimator                                                    WLSMV
Maximum number of iterations                                  1000
Convergence criterion                                    0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations                   20
Parameterization                                             DELTA

Input data file(s)
  mcdiff.dat

Input data format  FREE


UNIVARIATE PROPORTIONS AND COUNTS FOR CATEGORICAL VARIABLES

  Group G1
    U1
      Category 1    0.186       93.000
      Category 2    0.706      353.000
      Category 3    0.108       54.000
    U2
      Category 1    0.160       80.000
      Category 2    0.720      360.000
      Category 3    0.120       60.000
    U3
      Category 1    0.170       85.000
      Category 2    0.684      342.000
      Category 3    0.146       73.000
    U4
      Category 1    0.178       89.000
      Category 2    0.676      338.000
      Category 3    0.146       73.000
    U5
      Category 1    0.174       87.000
      Category 2    0.676      338.000
      Category 3    0.150       75.000
    U6
      Category 1    0.170       85.000
      Category 2    0.688      344.000
      Category 3    0.142       71.000

  Group G2
    U1
      Category 1    0.347      208.000
      Category 2    0.345      207.000
      Category 3    0.308      185.000
    U2
      Category 1    0.333      200.000
      Category 2    0.382      229.000
      Category 3    0.285      171.000
    U3
      Category 1    0.302      181.000
      Category 2    0.385      231.000
      Category 3    0.313      188.000
    U4
      Category 1    0.295      177.000
      Category 2    0.363      218.000
      Category 3    0.342      205.000
    U5
      Category 1    0.342      205.000
      Category 2    0.368      221.000
      Category 3    0.290      174.000
    U6
      Category 1    0.305      183.000
      Category 2    0.372      223.000
      Category 3    0.323      194.000



THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY



TESTS OF MODEL FIT

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit

          Value                             30.325*
          Degrees of Freedom                    28
          P-Value                           0.3478

Chi-Square Contributions From Each Group

          G1                                11.268
          G2                                19.057

Chi-Square Test for Difference Testing

          Value                             13.420
          Degrees of Freedom                    10
          P-Value                           0.2012

*   The chi-square value for MLM, MLMV, MLR, ULSMV, WLSM and WLSMV cannot be used
    for chi-square difference testing in the regular way.  MLM, MLR and WLSM
    chi-square difference testing is described on the Mplus website.  MLMV, WLSMV,
    and ULSMV difference testing is done using the DIFFTEST option.

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model

          Value                           1089.262
          Degrees of Freedom                    30
          P-Value                           0.0000

CFI/TLI

          CFI                                0.998
          TLI                                0.998

Number of Free Parameters                       26

RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)

          Estimate                           0.012

WRMR (Weighted Root Mean Square Residual)

          Value                              0.992



MODEL RESULTS

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Group G1

 F        BY
    U1                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U2                 1.017      0.086     11.774      0.000
    U3                 0.971      0.085     11.374      0.000
    U4                 0.921      0.083     11.162      0.000
    U5                 0.976      0.084     11.587      0.000
    U6                 0.975      0.081     11.975      0.000

 Means
    F                  0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 Thresholds
    U1$1              -0.888      0.063    -14.026      0.000
    U1$2               1.232      0.073     16.771      0.000
    U2$1              -0.984      0.066    -14.962      0.000
    U2$2               1.224      0.072     17.010      0.000
    U3$1              -0.968      0.064    -15.023      0.000
    U3$2               1.048      0.067     15.622      0.000
    U4$1              -0.955      0.063    -15.130      0.000
    U4$2               1.000      0.067     14.985      0.000
    U5$1              -0.898      0.064    -14.058      0.000
    U5$2               1.077      0.067     16.113      0.000
    U6$1              -0.960      0.064    -14.968      0.000
    U6$2               1.040      0.067     15.481      0.000

 Variances
    F                  0.472      0.059      7.955      0.000

 Scales
    U1                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U3                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U4                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U5                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U6                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

Group G2

 F        BY
    U1                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    U2                 1.017      0.086     11.774      0.000
    U3                 0.971      0.085     11.374      0.000
    U4                 0.921      0.083     11.162      0.000
    U5                 0.976      0.084     11.587      0.000
    U6                 0.975      0.081     11.975      0.000

 Means
    F                  0.049      0.061      0.807      0.419

 Thresholds
    U1$1              -0.888      0.063    -14.026      0.000
    U1$2               1.232      0.073     16.771      0.000
    U2$1              -0.984      0.066    -14.962      0.000
    U2$2               1.224      0.072     17.010      0.000
    U3$1              -0.968      0.064    -15.023      0.000
    U3$2               1.048      0.067     15.622      0.000
    U4$1              -0.955      0.063    -15.130      0.000
    U4$2               1.000      0.067     14.985      0.000
    U5$1              -0.898      0.064    -14.058      0.000
    U5$2               1.077      0.067     16.113      0.000
    U6$1              -0.960      0.064    -14.968      0.000
    U6$2               1.040      0.067     15.481      0.000

 Variances
    F                  0.557      0.113      4.947      0.000

 Scales
    U1                 0.429      0.031     14.063      0.000
    U2                 0.430      0.030     14.320      0.000
    U3                 0.493      0.034     14.459      0.000
    U4                 0.494      0.035     14.328      0.000
    U5                 0.487      0.034     14.112      0.000
    U6                 0.499      0.033     15.268      0.000


R-SQUARE

Group G1

    Observed                   Residual
    Variable        Estimate   Variance

    U1                 0.472      0.528
    U2                 0.487      0.513
    U3                 0.445      0.555
    U4                 0.400      0.600
    U5                 0.450      0.550
    U6                 0.449      0.551

Group G2

    Observed                   Residual
    Variable        Estimate   Variance

    U1                 0.102      4.875
    U2                 0.107      4.825
    U3                 0.128      3.588
    U4                 0.115      3.618
    U5                 0.126      3.693
    U6                 0.132      3.484


QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS

     Condition Number for the Information Matrix              0.681E-02
       (ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)


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