Mplus VERSION 2.12
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
04/28/2003  12:21 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  ! INPUT FILE FOR EXAMPLE 1 from BG MS # 020404 by C Prescott
  TITLE:          2-group Univariate Twin Model for a Continuous Variable

  DATA:       FILE = example1.dat;

  VARIABLE:         NAMES = famno zyg y1 y2;
                        USEVARIABLEs = y1 y2;
                      GROUP = zyg(1=mz 2=dz);

  ANALYSIS:         TYPE = MEANSTRUCTURE;

  MODEL:                                                     ! set up values for a
   [y1*100] (1); [y2*100] (1);                 ! means
   y1@0; y2@0;                        ! fix residual variances to zero

   A1 BY y1*5 (11); A2 BY y2*5 (11);  ! additive genetic loadings
   C1 BY y1*5 (12); C2 BY y2*5 (12);  ! common envt loadings
   E1 BY y1*8 (13); E2 BY y2*8 (13);  ! specific envt loadings

   [A1@0 A2@0 C1@0 C2@0 E1@0 E2@0];                         ! fix latent variable
    A1@1 A2@1 C1@1 C2@1 E1@1 E2@1;                              ! fix latent varia
    A1 WITH A2@1; A1 WITH C1-E2@0; A2 WITH C1-E2@0;   ! latent variable corrs
    C1 WITH C2@1; C1 WITH E1-E2@0; C2 WITH E1-E2@0;
    E1 WITH E2@0;

  MODEL dz:                                   ! parameters which differ from 1st g
   A1 WITH A2@0.5;

  OUTPUT: SAMP RES STAND;



INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY



2-group Univariate Twin Model for a Continuous Variable

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                          2
Number of observations
   Group MZ                                            1000
   Group DZ                                            1000

Number of y-variables                                     2
Number of x-variables                                     0
Number of continuous latent variables                     6

Observed variables in the analysis
   Y1          Y2

  Grouping variable     ZYG

Continuous latent variables in the analysis
   A1          A2          C1          C2          E1          E2


Estimator                                                ML
Maximum number of iterations                           1000
Convergence criterion                             0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations            20

Input data file(s)
  example1.dat

Input data format  FREE


SAMPLE STATISTICS


     SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR MZ


           Means
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
      1       100.385       100.235


           Covariances
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1            98.756
 Y2            57.743        96.296


           Correlations
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1             1.000
 Y2             0.592         1.000


     SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR DZ


           Means
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
      1       100.116       100.076


           Covariances
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1            90.747
 Y2            37.176       101.818


           Correlations
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1             1.000
 Y2             0.387         1.000


THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY



TESTS OF MODEL FIT

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit

          Value                              4.818
          Degrees of Freedom                     6
          P-Value                           0.5673

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model

          Value                            593.758
          Degrees of Freedom                     2
          P-Value                           0.0000

CFI/TLI

          CFI                                1.000
          TLI                                1.001

Loglikelihood

          H0 Value                      -14524.953
          H1 Value                      -14522.545

Information Criteria

          Number of Free Parameters              4
          Akaike (AIC)                   29057.907
          Bayesian (BIC)                 29080.310
          Sample-Size Adjusted BIC       29067.602
            (n* = (n + 2) / 24)

RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)

          Estimate                           0.000
          90 Percent C.I.                    0.000  0.036

SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)

          Value                              0.028



MODEL RESULTS

                   Estimates     S.E.  Est./S.E.    Std     StdYX

Group MZ

 A1       BY
    Y1                 6.255    0.481     12.999    6.255    0.636

 A2       BY
    Y2                 6.255    0.481     12.999    6.255    0.636

 C1       BY
    Y1                 4.239    0.621      6.822    4.239    0.431

 C2       BY
    Y2                 4.239    0.621      6.822    4.239    0.431

 E1       BY
    Y1                 6.298    0.138     45.493    6.298    0.640

 E2       BY
    Y2                 6.298    0.138     45.493    6.298    0.640

 A1       WITH
    A2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    C1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 A2       WITH
    C1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 C1       WITH
    C2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 C2       WITH
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 E1       WITH
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 Means
    A1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    A2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 Intercepts
    Y1               100.196    0.189    529.142  100.196   10.185
    Y2               100.196    0.189    529.142  100.196   10.185

 Variances
    A1                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    A2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    C1                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    C2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    E1                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    E2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000

 Residual Variances
    Y1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    Y2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

Group DZ

 A1       BY
    Y1                 6.255    0.481     12.999    6.255    0.636

 A2       BY
    Y2                 6.255    0.481     12.999    6.255    0.636

 C1       BY
    Y1                 4.239    0.621      6.822    4.239    0.431

 C2       BY
    Y2                 4.239    0.621      6.822    4.239    0.431

 E1       BY
    Y1                 6.298    0.138     45.493    6.298    0.640

 E2       BY
    Y2                 6.298    0.138     45.493    6.298    0.640

 A1       WITH
    A2                 0.500    0.000      0.000    0.500    0.500
    C1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 A2       WITH
    C1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 C1       WITH
    C2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 C2       WITH
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 E1       WITH
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 Means
    A1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    A2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    C2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    E2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000

 Intercepts
    Y1               100.196    0.189    529.142  100.196   10.185
    Y2               100.196    0.189    529.142  100.196   10.185

 Variances
    A1                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    A2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    C1                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    C2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    E1                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000
    E2                 1.000    0.000      0.000    1.000    1.000

 Residual Variances
    Y1                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000
    Y2                 0.000    0.000      0.000    0.000    0.000


R-SQUARE

Group MZ

    Observed
    Variable  R-Square

    Y1           1.000
    Y2           1.000

Group DZ

    Observed
    Variable  R-Square

    Y1           1.000
    Y2           1.000


RESIDUAL OUTPUT


     ESTIMATED MODEL AND RESIDUALS (OBSERVED - ESTIMATED) FOR MZ


           Model Estimated Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
      1       100.196       100.196


           Residuals for Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
      1         0.189         0.039


           Model Estimated Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1            96.769
 Y2            57.098        96.769


           Residuals for Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1             1.887
 Y2             0.587        -0.570


     ESTIMATED MODEL AND RESIDUALS (OBSERVED - ESTIMATED) FOR DZ


           Model Estimated Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
      1       100.196       100.196


           Residuals for Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
      1        -0.080        -0.120


           Model Estimated Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1            96.769
 Y2            37.534        96.769


           Residuals for Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
              Y1            Y2
              ________      ________
 Y1            -6.113
 Y2            -0.394         4.947


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