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  TITLE: MacKinnon Chapter 6 Multiple Mediator Model Path Analysis with OCG Data

  DATA:
   Type = STD CORRELATION;
   Nobservations = 3214;
   File = Chap6_ocgexample.txt;

  VARIABLE:
   Names = income occ educ numsib fathocc fatheduc;
   Usevariables = income occ educ numsib fathocc fatheduc;

  ANALYSIS:
   Estimator = ML;

  MODEL:
  income ON educ occ fatheduc numsib fathocc;
  educ ON fathocc numsib fatheduc;
  occ ON educ fathocc numsib fatheduc;

  MODEL INDIRECT:
   income IND fathocc;
   ! income VIA educ fathocc;
   ! income VIA occ fathocc;

  OUTPUT:
      sampstat standardized;



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MacKinnon Chapter 6 Multiple Mediator Model Path Analysis with OCG Data

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                        3214

Number of dependent variables                                    3
Number of independent variables                                  3
Number of continuous latent variables                            0

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   INCOME      OCC         EDUC

Observed independent variables
   NUMSIB      FATHOCC     FATHEDUC


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

Input data file(s)
  Chap6_ocgexample.txt

Input data format  FREE


SAMPLE STATISTICS


     SAMPLE STATISTICS


           Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
              INCOME        OCC           EDUC          NUMSIB        FATHOCC
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 INCOME        28.730
 OCC           58.514       610.584
 EDUC           6.447        50.812        10.240
 NUMSIB        -2.705       -19.577        -3.051         8.294
 FATHOCC       32.087       222.941        32.144       -16.501       535.460
 FATHEDUC       4.650        29.360         4.819        -3.076        45.623


           Covariances/Correlations/Residual Correlations
              FATHEDUC
              ________
 FATHEDUC      13.838


THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY



MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                       15

Loglikelihood

          H0 Value                      -31322.178
          H1 Value                      -31322.178

Information Criteria

          Akaike (AIC)                   62674.356
          Bayesian (BIC)                 62765.485
          Sample-Size Adjusted BIC       62717.824
            (n* = (n + 2) / 24)

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit

          Value                              0.000
          Degrees of Freedom                     0
          P-Value                           0.0000

RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)

          Estimate                           0.000
          90 Percent C.I.                    0.000  0.000
          Probability RMSEA <= .05           0.000

CFI/TLI

          CFI                                1.000
          TLI                                1.000

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model

          Value                           3600.501
          Degrees of Freedom                    12
          P-Value                           0.0000

SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)

          Value                              0.000



MODEL RESULTS

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 INCOME   ON
    EDUC               0.200      0.036      5.494      0.000
    OCC                0.070      0.004     15.685      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.071      0.028      2.585      0.010
    NUMSIB            -0.037      0.031     -1.186      0.236
    FATHOCC            0.011      0.004      2.535      0.011

 EDUC     ON
    FATHOCC            0.038      0.002     15.528      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.228      0.018    -12.947      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.171      0.016     10.958      0.000

 OCC      ON
    EDUC               4.377      0.120     36.413      0.000
    FATHOCC            0.135      0.017      7.725      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.463      0.123     -3.761      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.049      0.108      0.453      0.650

 Residual Variances
    INCOME            22.516      0.562     40.087      0.000
    OCC              347.452      8.667     40.087      0.000
    EDUC               7.483      0.187     40.087      0.000


STANDARDIZED MODEL RESULTS


STDYX Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 INCOME   ON
    EDUC               0.119      0.022      5.513      0.000
    OCC                0.325      0.020     16.164      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.049      0.019      2.586      0.010
    NUMSIB            -0.020      0.017     -1.186      0.236
    FATHOCC            0.049      0.019      2.537      0.011

 EDUC     ON
    FATHOCC            0.278      0.017     15.921      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.205      0.016    -13.145      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.198      0.018     11.089      0.000

 OCC      ON
    EDUC               0.567      0.014     41.428      0.000
    FATHOCC            0.127      0.016      7.746      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.054      0.014     -3.763      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.007      0.016      0.453      0.650

 Residual Variances
    INCOME             0.784      0.013     60.986      0.000
    OCC                0.569      0.013     43.188      0.000
    EDUC               0.731      0.013     54.651      0.000


STDY Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 INCOME   ON
    EDUC               0.119      0.022      5.513      0.000
    OCC                0.325      0.020     16.164      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.013      0.005      2.587      0.010
    NUMSIB            -0.007      0.006     -1.186      0.235
    FATHOCC            0.002      0.001      2.538      0.011

 EDUC     ON
    FATHOCC            0.012      0.001     16.121      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.071      0.005    -13.285      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.053      0.005     11.161      0.000

 OCC      ON
    EDUC               0.567      0.014     41.428      0.000
    FATHOCC            0.005      0.001      7.771      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.019      0.005     -3.767      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.002      0.004      0.453      0.650

 Residual Variances
    INCOME             0.784      0.013     60.986      0.000
    OCC                0.569      0.013     43.188      0.000
    EDUC               0.731      0.013     54.651      0.000


STD Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 INCOME   ON
    EDUC               0.200      0.036      5.494      0.000
    OCC                0.070      0.004     15.685      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.071      0.028      2.585      0.010
    NUMSIB            -0.037      0.031     -1.186      0.236
    FATHOCC            0.011      0.004      2.535      0.011

 EDUC     ON
    FATHOCC            0.038      0.002     15.528      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.228      0.018    -12.947      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.171      0.016     10.958      0.000

 OCC      ON
    EDUC               4.377      0.120     36.413      0.000
    FATHOCC            0.135      0.017      7.725      0.000
    NUMSIB            -0.463      0.123     -3.761      0.000
    FATHEDUC           0.049      0.108      0.453      0.650

 Residual Variances
    INCOME            22.516      0.562     40.087      0.000
    OCC              347.452      8.667     40.087      0.000
    EDUC               7.483      0.187     40.087      0.000


R-SQUARE

    Observed                                        Two-Tailed
    Variable        Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

    INCOME             0.216      0.013     16.806      0.000
    OCC                0.431      0.013     32.684      0.000
    EDUC               0.269      0.013     20.113      0.000


QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS

     Condition Number for the Information Matrix              0.269E-03
       (ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)


TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS


                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Effects from FATHOCC to INCOME

  Total                0.040      0.005      8.734      0.000
  Total indirect       0.029      0.002     13.334      0.000

  Specific indirect

    INCOME
    OCC
    FATHOCC            0.010      0.001      6.930      0.000

    INCOME
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.008      0.001      5.180      0.000

    INCOME
    OCC
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.012      0.001     10.561      0.000

  Direct
    INCOME
    FATHOCC            0.011      0.004      2.535      0.011



STANDARDIZED TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS


STDYX Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Effects from FATHOCC to INCOME

  Total                0.175      0.020      8.828      0.000
  Total indirect       0.125      0.009     13.715      0.000

  Specific indirect

    INCOME
    OCC
    FATHOCC            0.041      0.006      6.977      0.000

    INCOME
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.033      0.006      5.200      0.000

    INCOME
    OCC
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.051      0.005     10.770      0.000

  Direct
    INCOME
    FATHOCC            0.049      0.019      2.537      0.011



STDY Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Effects from FATHOCC to INCOME

  Total                0.008      0.001      8.875      0.000
  Total indirect       0.005      0.000     13.892      0.000

  Specific indirect

    INCOME
    OCC
    FATHOCC            0.002      0.000      7.000      0.000

    INCOME
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.001      0.000      5.209      0.000

    INCOME
    OCC
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.002      0.000     10.856      0.000

  Direct
    INCOME
    FATHOCC            0.002      0.001      2.538      0.011



STD Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Effects from FATHOCC to INCOME

  Total                0.040      0.005      8.734      0.000
  Total indirect       0.029      0.002     13.334      0.000

  Specific indirect

    INCOME
    OCC
    FATHOCC            0.010      0.001      6.930      0.000

    INCOME
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.008      0.001      5.180      0.000

    INCOME
    OCC
    EDUC
    FATHOCC            0.012      0.001     10.561      0.000

  Direct
    INCOME
    FATHOCC            0.011      0.004      2.535      0.011




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