Mplus VERSION 3.0
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
03/29/2004 11:16 PM
INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
title: Study A
catstudya.inp
montecarlo:
file is mc.dat;
names are v1-v6;
ngroups = 2;
nobs = 100 100;
nreps = 500;
seed = 598587;
categorical = v1-v6;
generate = v1-v6(3);
cutpoints = v1-v2(-.7 0 .7) v3(-.8 0 .8)
v4-v5(-.7 0 .7) v6(-.8 0 .8);
analysis:
type = mgroup meanstructure;
parameterization = theta;
model:
f by v1*.4 v2*.5 v3*.6 v4*.4 v5*.5 v6*.6;
f@1;
[v1$1*-.7] (1);
[v1$2*0] (2);
[v1$3*.7] (3);
[v2$1*-.7] (4);
[v2$2*0] (5);
[v2$3*.7] (6);
[v3$1*-.8] (7);
[v3$2*0] (8);
[v3$3*.8] (9);
[v4$1*-.7] (10);
[v4$2*0] (11);
[v4$3*.7] (12);
[v5$1*-.7] (13);
[v5$2*0] (14);
[v5$3*.7] (15);
[v6$1*-.8] (16);
[v6$2*0] (17);
[v6$3*.8] (18);
model g1:
v1-v6@.30;
model g2:
[f*.25];
f*1.2;
v1-v6*.49;
INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY
Study A
catstudya.inp
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
Number of groups 2
Number of observations
Group G1 100
Group G2 100
Number of replications
Requested 500
Completed 500
Value of seed 598587
Number of dependent variables 6
Number of independent variables 0
Number of continuous latent variables 1
Observed dependent variables
Binary and ordered categorical (ordinal)
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6
Continuous latent variables
F
Estimator WLSMV
Maximum number of iterations 1000
Convergence criterion 0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations 20
Parameterization THETA
Input data file
mc.dat
Input data format FREE
POPULATION VALUES FOR DATA GENERATION
0 0 0 0 0 0
.46
.20 .55
.24 .30 .66
.16 .20 .24 .46
.20 .25 .30 .20 .55
.24 .30 .36 .24 .30 .66
.10 .125 .15 .10 .125 .15
.682
.24 .79
.288 .36 .922
.192 .24 .288 .682
.24 .30 .36 .24 .79
.288 .36 .432 .288 .36 .922
SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION
SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR G1
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V1$1 V1$2 V1$3 V2$1 V2$2
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.994 0.202 1.227 -0.842 0.253
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V2$3 V3$1 V3$2 V3$3 V4$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 1.080 -0.842 0.126 1.036 -0.954
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V4$2 V4$3 V5$1 V5$2 V5$3
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.176 1.282 -0.954 0.253 1.282
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V6$1 V6$2 V6$3
________ ________ ________
1 -0.994 0.253 1.405
Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
V1
V2 0.367
V3 0.431 0.553
V4 0.325 0.523 0.395
V5 0.354 0.478 0.446 0.341
V6 0.229 0.410 0.465 0.290 0.435
Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
V6
________
SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR G2
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V1$1 V1$2 V1$3 V2$1 V2$2
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 -1.080 -0.305 0.613 -0.878 -0.202
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V2$3 V3$1 V3$2 V3$3 V4$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.674 -0.806 -0.075 0.806 -0.954
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V4$2 V4$3 V5$1 V5$2 V5$3
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.075 0.915 -1.036 -0.075 0.674
Means/Intercepts/Thresholds
V6$1 V6$2 V6$3
________ ________ ________
1 -0.994 -0.075 0.674
Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
V1
V2 0.438
V3 0.395 0.412
V4 0.281 0.187 0.394
V5 0.179 0.173 0.404 0.443
V6 0.398 0.381 0.440 0.338 0.531
Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
V6
________
CHI-SQUARE P-VALUES
Expected Observed
0.990 0.994
0.980 0.986
0.950 0.964
0.900 0.938
0.800 0.836
0.700 0.754
0.500 0.546
0.300 0.332
0.200 0.226
0.100 0.096
0.050 0.054
0.020 0.022
0.010 0.014
MODEL RESULTS
ESTIMATES STANDARD ERRORS 95%
Average Std. Dev. Average Std. Dev. Cover
Group G1
F BY
V1 0.4178 0.0828 0.0787 0.0129 0.956
V2 0.5209 0.1024 0.0958 0.0193 0.946
V3 0.6344 0.1301 0.1200 0.0334 0.966
V4 0.4151 0.0827 0.0786 0.0126 0.934
V5 0.5206 0.1037 0.0952 0.0195 0.946
V6 0.6282 0.1318 0.1184 0.0331 0.954
Means
F 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
Thresholds
V1$1 -0.7116 0.1098 0.1041 0.0146 0.960
V1$2 0.0023 0.0785 0.0742 0.0081 0.934
V1$3 0.7195 0.1098 0.1045 0.0151 0.946
V2$1 -0.7162 0.1185 0.1148 0.0184 0.942
V2$2 -0.0001 0.0883 0.0831 0.0106 0.940
V2$3 0.7221 0.1269 0.1159 0.0206 0.948
V3$1 -0.8344 0.1576 0.1398 0.0335 0.934
V3$2 -0.0010 0.1014 0.0940 0.0139 0.934
V3$3 0.8254 0.1463 0.1402 0.0338 0.960
V4$1 -0.7108 0.1023 0.1039 0.0138 0.964
V4$2 0.0027 0.0776 0.0740 0.0080 0.934
V4$3 0.7145 0.1122 0.1041 0.0150 0.930
V5$1 -0.7145 0.1220 0.1147 0.0199 0.948
V5$2 -0.0006 0.0889 0.0831 0.0106 0.938
V5$3 0.7127 0.1173 0.1143 0.0192 0.948
V6$1 -0.8275 0.1543 0.1385 0.0336 0.946
V6$2 -0.0033 0.0963 0.0934 0.0139 0.948
V6$3 0.8232 0.1471 0.1386 0.0327 0.934
Variances
F 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
Residual Variances
V1 0.3000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
V2 0.3000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
V3 0.3000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
V4 0.3000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
V5 0.3000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
V6 0.3000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.000
Group G2
F BY
V1 0.4178 0.0828 0.0787 0.0129 0.956
V2 0.5209 0.1024 0.0958 0.0193 0.946
V3 0.6344 0.1301 0.1200 0.0334 0.966
V4 0.4151 0.0827 0.0786 0.0126 0.934
V5 0.5206 0.1037 0.0952 0.0195 0.946
V6 0.6282 0.1318 0.1184 0.0331 0.954
Means
F 0.2467 0.1728 0.1705 0.0130 0.930
Thresholds
V1$1 -0.7116 0.1098 0.1041 0.0146 0.960
V1$2 0.0023 0.0785 0.0742 0.0081 0.934
V1$3 0.7195 0.1098 0.1045 0.0151 0.946
V2$1 -0.7162 0.1185 0.1148 0.0184 0.942
V2$2 -0.0001 0.0883 0.0831 0.0106 0.940
V2$3 0.7221 0.1269 0.1159 0.0206 0.948
V3$1 -0.8344 0.1576 0.1398 0.0335 0.934
V3$2 -0.0010 0.1014 0.0940 0.0139 0.934
V3$3 0.8254 0.1463 0.1402 0.0338 0.960
V4$1 -0.7108 0.1023 0.1039 0.0138 0.964
V4$2 0.0027 0.0776 0.0740 0.0080 0.934
V4$3 0.7145 0.1122 0.1041 0.0150 0.930
V5$1 -0.7145 0.1220 0.1147 0.0199 0.948
V5$2 -0.0006 0.0889 0.0831 0.0106 0.938
V5$3 0.7127 0.1173 0.1143 0.0192 0.948
V6$1 -0.8275 0.1543 0.1385 0.0336 0.946
V6$2 -0.0033 0.0963 0.0934 0.0139 0.948
V6$3 0.8232 0.1471 0.1386 0.0327 0.934
Variances
F 1.2194 0.3369 0.3329 0.0930 0.946
Residual Variances
V1 0.5265 0.2042 0.1716 0.0726 0.916
V2 0.5318 0.2311 0.1870 0.0879 0.914
V3 0.5387 0.2426 0.2010 0.1058 0.908
V4 0.5250 0.1931 0.1710 0.0693 0.932
V5 0.5236 0.2103 0.1844 0.0842 0.926
V6 0.5260 0.2267 0.1966 0.0990 0.904
TECHNICAL OUTPUT
PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR G1
TAU
V1$1 V1$2 V1$3 V2$1 V2$2
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 1 2 3 4 5
TAU
V2$3 V3$1 V3$2 V3$3 V4$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 6 7 8 9 10
TAU
V4$2 V4$3 V5$1 V5$2 V5$3
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 11 12 13 14 15
TAU
V6$1 V6$2 V6$3
________ ________ ________
1 16 17 18
NU
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0 0 0 0 0
NU
V6
________
1 0
LAMBDA
F
________
V1 19
V2 20
V3 21
V4 22
V5 23
V6 24
THETA
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
V1 0
V2 0 0
V3 0 0 0
V4 0 0 0 0
V5 0 0 0 0 0
V6 0 0 0 0 0
THETA
V6
________
V6 0
ALPHA
F
________
1 0
BETA
F
________
F 0
PSI
F
________
F 0
PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR G2
TAU
V1$1 V1$2 V1$3 V2$1 V2$2
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 1 2 3 4 5
TAU
V2$3 V3$1 V3$2 V3$3 V4$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 6 7 8 9 10
TAU
V4$2 V4$3 V5$1 V5$2 V5$3
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 11 12 13 14 15
TAU
V6$1 V6$2 V6$3
________ ________ ________
1 16 17 18
NU
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0 0 0 0 0
NU
V6
________
1 0
LAMBDA
F
________
V1 19
V2 20
V3 21
V4 22
V5 23
V6 24
THETA
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
V1 25
V2 0 26
V3 0 0 27
V4 0 0 0 28
V5 0 0 0 0 29
V6 0 0 0 0 0
THETA
V6
________
V6 30
ALPHA
F
________
1 31
BETA
F
________
F 0
PSI
F
________
F 32
STARTING VALUES FOR G1
TAU
V1$1 V1$2 V1$3 V2$1 V2$2
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.700 0.000 0.700 -0.700 0.000
TAU
V2$3 V3$1 V3$2 V3$3 V4$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.700 -0.800 0.000 0.800 -0.700
TAU
V4$2 V4$3 V5$1 V5$2 V5$3
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.700 -0.700 0.000 0.700
TAU
V6$1 V6$2 V6$3
________ ________ ________
1 -0.800 0.000 0.800
NU
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
NU
V6
________
1 0.000
LAMBDA
F
________
V1 0.400
V2 0.500
V3 0.600
V4 0.400
V5 0.500
V6 0.600
THETA
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
V1 0.300
V2 0.000 0.300
V3 0.000 0.000 0.300
V4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.300
V5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.300
V6 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
THETA
V6
________
V6 0.300
ALPHA
F
________
1 0.000
BETA
F
________
F 0.000
PSI
F
________
F 1.000
STARTING VALUES FOR G2
TAU
V1$1 V1$2 V1$3 V2$1 V2$2
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.700 0.000 0.700 -0.700 0.000
TAU
V2$3 V3$1 V3$2 V3$3 V4$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.700 -0.800 0.000 0.800 -0.700
TAU
V4$2 V4$3 V5$1 V5$2 V5$3
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.700 -0.700 0.000 0.700
TAU
V6$1 V6$2 V6$3
________ ________ ________
1 -0.800 0.000 0.800
NU
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
NU
V6
________
1 0.000
LAMBDA
F
________
V1 0.400
V2 0.500
V3 0.600
V4 0.400
V5 0.500
V6 0.600
THETA
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
V1 0.490
V2 0.000 0.490
V3 0.000 0.000 0.490
V4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.490
V5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.490
V6 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
THETA
V6
________
V6 0.490
ALPHA
F
________
1 0.250
BETA
F
________
F 0.000
PSI
F
________
F 1.200
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