Mplus Web Talk and Paper Series

Mplus Web Talks and Papers is a new series created by Bengt Muthén with the purpose of providing both basic and advanced instruction on new topics and developments using Mplus.

Please click on a Web Talk or Paper title below to view relevant videos, papers, slides and supplementary materials.

Mplus Web Talk Series

• 1. What Multi-Level Modeling Can Teach Us About Single-Level Modeling & Vice Versa: The Case of Latent Transition Analysis. June 2020.
  
  
• 2. Using Mplus To Do Latent Transition Analysis and Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis. March 2021.
  
  
• 3. Wheaton et al. 46 Years Later: A Better Fitting Longitudinal SEM. March 2021.
  
  
• 4.1. Using Mplus To Do Cross-Lagged Modeling of Panel Data, Part 1: Continuous Variables. November 2021.
  
  
• 4.2. Using Mplus To Do Cross-Lagged Modeling of Panel Data, Part 2: Categorical Variables. April 2022.
  
  
• 5. Can Cross-Lagged Panel Modeling Be Relied On to Establish Cross-Lagged Effects? November 2022.
  
  
• 6. Using Mplus To Do Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling. February 2023.
  
  
• 7. Using Mplus To Do DSEM with Cycles. May 2024.
  
  
• 8. Using Mplus To Do Multistep Mixture Modeling: Latent Class Analysis. October 2025.
  • LCA applications of 3-step, BCH, and 2-step
  
  
• 9. Using Mplus To Investigate Direct Effects in Latent Class Analysis. October 2025.
  • LCA with penalized SEM (PSEM)
  
  
• 10. Using Mplus To Do Multistep Mixture Modeling: Latent Transition Analysis. October 2025.
  • LTA applications of 3-step, BCH, and 2-step

Mplus Web Paper Series

• 1. Using Mplus To Do Exploratory Factor Analysis: An Overview of the State Of The Art. May 2026.
  
  

Additional Materials

• Recent Advances in Modeling Short and Long Longitudinal Data by Bengt Muthén, May 2022. This talk summarizes key parts of Web Talk 4, part 1 and part 2 and adds some new analyses. It also discusses the related topic of long longitudinal data which is the topic of a forthcoming web talk number 6. The recording of the May 2022 talk is 1 hour and 35 minutes. (Download slides).

To make suggestions regarding future webtalks, please email: webtalks@statmodel.com

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