Mplus VERSION 6.1 MUTHEN & MUTHEN 10/15/2010 12:52 PM INPUT INSTRUCTIONS TITLE: ML MONTECARLO: NAMES ARE y x; NOBS = 500; NREP = 500; NCsizes = 1; csizes = 10 (50); within = x; MODEL POPULATION: %within% x*1; y on x*1; y*2; %between% y*.222; !icc = .222/2.222 = 0.1 ANALYSIS: type = twolevel; estimator = bayes; process = 2; fbiter = 1000; point = mode; MODEL: %within% y on x*1; y*2 (w); %between% y*.222 (b); !icc = .222/2.222 = 0.1 Model priors: b~U(0,1000); Model constraint: new(icc*.1); icc = b/(w+b); output: tech9; INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY ML SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS Number of groups 1 Number of observations 500 Number of replications Requested 500 Completed 500 Value of seed 0 Number of dependent variables 1 Number of independent variables 1 Number of continuous latent variables 0 Observed dependent variables Continuous Y Observed independent variables X Variables with special functions Within variables X Estimator BAYES Specifications for Bayesian Estimation Point estimate MODE Number of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) chains 2 Random seed for the first chain 0 Starting value information UNPERTURBED Treatment of categorical mediator LATENT Algorithm used for Markov chain Monte Carlo GIBBS(PX1) Fixed number of iterations 1000 K-th iteration used for thinning 1 Maximum number of iterations to compute the mode 10000 SUMMARY OF DATA FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION Cluster information Size (s) Number of clusters of Size s 50 10 MODEL FIT INFORMATION Number of Free Parameters 4 MODEL RESULTS ESTIMATES S. E. M. S. E. 95% % Sig Population Average Std. Dev. Average Cover Coeff Within Level Y ON X 1.000 1.0059 0.0641 0.0640 0.0041 0.954 1.000 Residual Variances Y 2.000 1.9992 0.1314 0.1291 0.0172 0.946 1.000 Between Level Means Y 0.000 0.0190 0.1654 0.2106 0.0277 0.966 0.034 Variances Y 0.222 0.2304 0.1246 0.3255 0.0156 0.930 1.000 New/Additional Parameters ICC 0.100 0.1012 0.0484 0.0841 0.0023 0.928 1.000 TECHNICAL 1 OUTPUT PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR WITHIN NU Y X ________ ________ 1 0 0 LAMBDA Y X ________ ________ Y 0 0 X 0 0 THETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0 X 0 0 ALPHA Y X ________ ________ 1 0 0 BETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0 1 X 0 0 PSI Y X ________ ________ Y 2 X 0 0 PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR BETWEEN NU Y X ________ ________ 1 0 0 LAMBDA Y X ________ ________ Y 0 0 X 0 0 THETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0 X 0 0 ALPHA Y X ________ ________ 1 3 0 BETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0 0 X 0 0 PSI Y X ________ ________ Y 4 X 0 0 PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS NEW/ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS ICC ________ 1 5 STARTING VALUES FOR WITHIN NU Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 LAMBDA Y X ________ ________ Y 1.000 0.000 X 0.000 1.000 THETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 X 0.000 0.000 ALPHA Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 BETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 1.000 X 0.000 0.000 PSI Y X ________ ________ Y 2.000 X 0.000 0.500 STARTING VALUES FOR BETWEEN NU Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 LAMBDA Y X ________ ________ Y 1.000 0.000 X 0.000 1.000 THETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 X 0.000 0.000 ALPHA Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 BETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 0.000 X 0.000 0.000 PSI Y X ________ ________ Y 0.222 X 0.000 0.000 STARTING VALUES FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS NEW/ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS ICC ________ 1 0.100 POPULATION VALUES FOR WITHIN NU Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 LAMBDA Y X ________ ________ Y 1.000 0.000 X 0.000 1.000 THETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 X 0.000 0.000 ALPHA Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 BETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 1.000 X 0.000 0.000 PSI Y X ________ ________ Y 2.000 X 0.000 1.000 POPULATION VALUES FOR BETWEEN NU Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 LAMBDA Y X ________ ________ Y 1.000 0.000 X 0.000 1.000 THETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 X 0.000 0.000 ALPHA Y X ________ ________ 1 0.000 0.000 BETA Y X ________ ________ Y 0.000 0.000 X 0.000 0.000 PSI Y X ________ ________ Y 0.222 X 0.000 0.000 PRIORS FOR ALL PARAMETERS PRIOR MEAN PRIOR VARIANCE PRIOR STD. DEV. Parameter 1~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity Parameter 2~IG(-1.000,0.000) infinity infinity infinity Parameter 3~N(0.000,infinity) 0.0000 infinity infinity Parameter 4~U(0.000,1000.000) 500.0000 83333.3333 288.6751 TECHNICAL 9 OUTPUT Error messages for each replication (if any) Beginning Time: 12:52:20 Ending Time: 12:53:03 Elapsed Time: 00:00:43 MUTHEN & MUTHEN 3463 Stoner Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066 Tel: (310) 391-9971 Fax: (310) 391-8971 Web: www.StatModel.com Support: Support@StatModel.com Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Muthen & Muthen