Mplus VERSION 7.4
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
06/01/2016 7:59 PM
INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
data:
file = MARn200replist.dat;
type = montecarlo;
variable:
names = y x1-x4 z;
usev = y x1-z;
define:
if(z*2 gt .5)then x1=_missing;
if(z*1 gt .25)then x2=_missing;
if(-z*1 gt .25)then x3=_missing;
if(-z*2 gt .5)then x4=_missing;
Analysis:
estimator = bayes;
process = 2;
biter = (10000);
mediator = observed;
Model:
y on x1-z*.5;
y*1;
x1-z*1;
INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
Number of groups 1
Average number of observations 200
Number of replications
Requested 500
Completed 500
Number of dependent variables 1
Number of independent variables 5
Number of continuous latent variables 0
Observed dependent variables
Continuous
Y
Observed independent variables
X1 X2 X3 X4 Z
Estimator BAYES
Specifications for Bayesian Estimation
Point estimate MEDIAN
Number of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) chains 2
Random seed for the first chain 0
Starting value information UNPERTURBED
Treatment of categorical mediator OBSERVED
Algorithm used for Markov chain Monte Carlo GIBBS(PX1)
Convergence criterion 0.500D-01
Maximum number of iterations 50000
K-th iteration used for thinning 1
Input data file(s)
Multiple data files from
MARn200replist.dat
Input data format FREE
SUMMARY OF DATA FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION
SUMMARY OF MISSING DATA PATTERNS FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION
Number of missing data patterns 3
MISSING DATA PATTERNS (x = not missing)
1 2 3
Y x x x
X1 x x
X2 x x
X3 x x
X4 x x
Z x x x
MISSING DATA PATTERN FREQUENCIES
Pattern Frequency Pattern Frequency Pattern Frequency
1 37 2 83 3 80
COVARIANCE COVERAGE OF DATA FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION
Minimum covariance coverage value 0.100
PROPORTION OF DATA PRESENT
Covariance Coverage
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 1.000
X1 0.600 0.600
X2 0.600 0.600 0.600
X3 0.585 0.185 0.185 0.585
X4 0.585 0.185 0.185 0.585 0.585
Z 1.000 0.600 0.600 0.585 0.585
Covariance Coverage
Z
________
Z 1.000
MODEL FIT INFORMATION
Number of Free Parameters 27
Information Criteria
Deviance (DIC)
Mean 2024.321
Std Dev 43.772
Number of successful computations 500
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.984 1922.494 1913.786
0.980 0.972 1934.426 1927.975
0.950 0.946 1952.320 1950.706
0.900 0.906 1968.223 1969.879
0.800 0.804 1987.482 1988.117
0.700 0.702 2001.367 2001.571
0.500 0.504 2024.321 2025.078
0.300 0.304 2047.275 2047.773
0.200 0.210 2061.159 2062.570
0.100 0.094 2080.419 2077.873
0.050 0.050 2096.321 2095.842
0.020 0.020 2114.215 2113.354
0.010 0.004 2126.147 2117.210
Estimated Number of Parameters (pD)
Mean 24.069
Std Dev 0.577
Number of successful computations 500
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.978 22.727 22.206
0.980 0.972 22.884 22.543
0.950 0.952 23.120 23.128
0.900 0.924 23.330 23.416
0.800 0.854 23.584 23.717
0.700 0.780 23.767 23.901
0.500 0.564 24.069 24.138
0.300 0.306 24.372 24.376
0.200 0.146 24.555 24.483
0.100 0.048 24.809 24.643
0.050 0.012 25.018 24.782
0.020 0.000 25.254 24.953
0.010 0.000 25.411 25.018
Bayesian (BIC)
Mean 2118.149
Std Dev 43.597
Number of successful computations 500
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.984 2016.730 2009.963
0.980 0.970 2028.614 2021.479
0.950 0.944 2046.437 2044.308
0.900 0.908 2062.275 2062.787
0.800 0.802 2081.458 2081.228
0.700 0.714 2095.286 2095.879
0.500 0.502 2118.149 2118.313
0.300 0.308 2141.011 2141.703
0.200 0.218 2154.839 2156.083
0.100 0.094 2174.022 2171.809
0.050 0.050 2189.861 2189.843
0.020 0.018 2207.683 2207.419
0.010 0.004 2219.567 2210.731
MODEL RESULTS
ESTIMATES S. E. M. S. E. 95% % Sig
Population Average Std. Dev. Average Cover Coeff
Y ON
X1 0.500 0.5024 0.1351 0.1366 0.0182 0.968 0.926
X2 0.500 0.4966 0.1327 0.1380 0.0176 0.960 0.912
X3 0.500 0.4874 0.3518 0.3516 0.1237 0.958 0.300
X4 0.500 0.5066 0.3549 0.3519 0.1257 0.962 0.318
Z 0.500 0.4347 0.1454 0.1526 0.0254 0.940 0.774
X2 WITH
X1 0.000 0.5549 0.1318 0.1376 0.3253 0.000 1.000
X3 WITH
X1 0.000 0.1783 0.0691 0.0724 0.0366 0.260 0.740
X2 0.000 0.1807 0.0683 0.0727 0.0373 0.258 0.742
X4 WITH
X1 0.000 0.1796 0.0649 0.0724 0.0365 0.242 0.758
X2 0.000 0.1806 0.0690 0.0731 0.0374 0.258 0.742
X3 0.000 0.0630 0.0231 0.0242 0.0045 0.156 0.844
Z WITH
X1 0.000 0.5381 0.1397 0.1371 0.3091 0.010 0.990
X2 0.000 0.5449 0.1372 0.1375 0.3156 0.008 0.992
X3 0.000 0.1830 0.0660 0.0640 0.0378 0.170 0.830
X4 0.000 0.1878 0.0637 0.0633 0.0393 0.140 0.860
Means
X1 -0.283 0.0067 0.1060 0.1140 0.0951 0.250 0.034
X2 -0.283 0.0183 0.1134 0.1140 0.1036 0.212 0.060
X3 0.239 0.1173 0.0469 0.0536 0.0171 0.340 0.582
X4 0.179 0.1159 0.0487 0.0533 0.0064 0.728 0.572
Z 0.024 0.0016 0.0738 0.0729 0.0059 0.936 0.048
Intercepts
Y 0.276 0.0310 0.1193 0.1153 0.0744 0.442 0.076
Variances
X1 1.000 1.1252 0.1727 0.1804 0.0454 0.882 1.000
X2 1.000 1.1259 0.1638 0.1805 0.0426 0.908 1.000
X3 1.000 0.2109 0.0290 0.0330 0.6236 0.000 1.000
X4 1.000 0.2120 0.0288 0.0332 0.6217 0.000 1.000
Z 1.000 1.0559 0.1064 0.1106 0.0144 0.922 1.000
Residual Variances
Y 1.000 0.9579 0.1259 0.1321 0.0176 0.938 1.000
TECHNICAL 1 OUTPUT
PARAMETER SPECIFICATION
NU
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0 0 0 0 0
NU
Z
________
1 0
LAMBDA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 0 0 0 0 0
X1 0 0 0 0 0
X2 0 0 0 0 0
X3 0 0 0 0 0
X4 0 0 0 0 0
Z 0 0 0 0 0
LAMBDA
Z
________
Y 0
X1 0
X2 0
X3 0
X4 0
Z 0
THETA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 0
X1 0 0
X2 0 0 0
X3 0 0 0 0
X4 0 0 0 0 0
Z 0 0 0 0 0
THETA
Z
________
Z 0
ALPHA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 1 2 3 4 5
ALPHA
Z
________
1 6
BETA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 0 7 8 9 10
X1 0 0 0 0 0
X2 0 0 0 0 0
X3 0 0 0 0 0
X4 0 0 0 0 0
Z 0 0 0 0 0
BETA
Z
________
Y 11
X1 0
X2 0
X3 0
X4 0
Z 0
PSI
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 12
X1 0 13
X2 0 14 15
X3 0 16 17 18
X4 0 19 20 21 22
Z 0 23 24 25 26
PSI
Z
________
Z 27
STARTING VALUES
NU
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
NU
Z
________
1 0.000
LAMBDA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
X1 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
X2 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.000
X3 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.000
X4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Z 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
LAMBDA
Z
________
Y 0.000
X1 0.000
X2 0.000
X3 0.000
X4 0.000
Z 1.000
THETA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 0.000
X1 0.000 0.000
X2 0.000 0.000 0.000
X3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
X4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Z 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
THETA
Z
________
Z 0.000
ALPHA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.276 -0.283 -0.283 0.239 0.179
ALPHA
Z
________
1 0.024
BETA
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 0.000 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500
X1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
X2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
X3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
X4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Z 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
BETA
Z
________
Y 0.500
X1 0.000
X2 0.000
X3 0.000
X4 0.000
Z 0.000
PSI
Y X1 X2 X3 X4
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Y 1.000
X1 0.000 1.000
X2 0.000 0.000 1.000
X3 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
X4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Z 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
PSI
Z
________
Z 1.000
PRIORS FOR ALL PARAMETERS PRIOR MEAN PRIOR VARIANCE PRIOR STD. DEV.
Parameter 1~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 2~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 3~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 4~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 5~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 6~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 7~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 8~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 9~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 10~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 11~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity
Parameter 12~IG(-1.000,0.000) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 13~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 14~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 15~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 16~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 17~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 18~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 19~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 20~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 21~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 22~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 23~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 24~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 25~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 26~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
Parameter 27~IW(0.000,-6) infinity infinity infinity
DIAGRAM INFORMATION
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