Mplus VERSION 7.4
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
06/03/2016 8:05 AM
INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
title:
Simulating parallel mediation of X to M1, M2 and Y
montecarlo:
names = reaction import pmi cond;
nobs = 125;
nreps = 1000;
! repsave = all;
! save = n200medrep*.dat;
cutpoints = cond(0);
model population:
cond@1; [cond@0];
reaction ON import*0.32441 (beta1);
reaction ON pmi*0.39652 (beta2);
reaction ON cond*0.10339;
import ON cond*0.62678 (gamma1);
pmi ON cond*0.47652 (gamma2);
import WITH pmi*0.56752;
[ reaction*-0.14978 ];
[ import*3.90770 ];
[ pmi*5.37692 ];
reaction*1.60874;
import*2.89336;
pmi*1.67495;
analysis:
estimator = ml;
bootstrap = 5000;
model:
reaction ON import*0.32441 (beta1);
reaction ON pmi*0.39652 (beta2);
reaction ON cond*0.10339;
import ON cond*0.62678 (gamma1);
pmi ON cond*0.47652 (gamma2);
import WITH pmi*0.56752;
[ reaction*-0.14978 ];
[ import*3.90770 ];
[ pmi*5.37692 ];
reaction*1.60874;
import*2.89336;
pmi*1.67495;
model constraint:
new (ind1*0.203 ind2*0.189);
ind1 = beta1*gamma1;
ind2 = beta2*gamma2;
output:
cinterval(bootstrap);
INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY
Simulating parallel mediation of X to M1, M2 and Y
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
Number of groups 1
Number of observations 125
Number of replications
Requested 1000
Completed 1000
Value of seed 0
Number of dependent variables 3
Number of independent variables 1
Number of continuous latent variables 0
Observed dependent variables
Continuous
REACTION IMPORT PMI
Observed independent variables
COND
Estimator ML
Information matrix OBSERVED
Maximum number of iterations 1000
Convergence criterion 0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations 20
Number of bootstrap draws
Requested 5000
Completed 5000
SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION
SAMPLE STATISTICS
Means
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 3.616 4.219 5.740 0.504
Covariances
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 2.537
IMPORT 1.239 3.439
PMI 0.794 0.613 1.627
COND 0.155 0.209 0.149 0.250
Correlations
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 1.000
IMPORT 0.419 1.000
PMI 0.391 0.259 1.000
COND 0.195 0.225 0.233 1.000
MODEL FIT INFORMATION
Number of Free Parameters 12
Loglikelihood
H0 Value
Mean -650.707
Std Dev 14.108
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.989 -683.527 -684.993
0.980 0.984 -679.681 -678.844
0.950 0.955 -673.913 -673.220
0.900 0.912 -668.788 -668.110
0.800 0.807 -662.580 -662.375
0.700 0.693 -658.105 -658.407
0.500 0.476 -650.707 -651.599
0.300 0.296 -643.308 -643.523
0.200 0.213 -638.833 -638.335
0.100 0.104 -632.626 -632.578
0.050 0.048 -627.500 -628.155
0.020 0.020 -621.733 -621.901
0.010 0.013 -617.887 -617.458
H1 Value
Mean -650.707
Std Dev 14.108
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.989 -683.527 -684.993
0.980 0.984 -679.681 -678.844
0.950 0.955 -673.913 -673.220
0.900 0.912 -668.788 -668.110
0.800 0.807 -662.580 -662.375
0.700 0.693 -658.105 -658.407
0.500 0.476 -650.707 -651.599
0.300 0.296 -643.308 -643.523
0.200 0.213 -638.833 -638.335
0.100 0.104 -632.626 -632.578
0.050 0.048 -627.500 -628.155
0.020 0.020 -621.733 -621.901
0.010 0.013 -617.887 -617.458
Information Criteria
Akaike (AIC)
Mean 1325.413
Std Dev 28.216
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.987 1259.774 1256.767
0.980 0.980 1267.465 1267.389
0.950 0.952 1279.000 1279.709
0.900 0.896 1289.251 1288.657
0.800 0.787 1301.666 1300.342
0.700 0.704 1310.617 1310.963
0.500 0.524 1325.413 1327.095
0.300 0.307 1340.210 1340.451
0.200 0.193 1349.160 1348.363
0.100 0.088 1361.575 1360.166
0.050 0.045 1371.826 1370.118
0.020 0.016 1383.361 1381.424
0.010 0.011 1391.053 1393.297
Bayesian (BIC)
Mean 1359.353
Std Dev 28.216
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.987 1293.713 1290.707
0.980 0.980 1301.405 1301.329
0.950 0.952 1312.940 1313.648
0.900 0.896 1323.191 1322.597
0.800 0.787 1335.606 1334.281
0.700 0.704 1344.556 1344.903
0.500 0.524 1359.353 1361.035
0.300 0.307 1374.150 1374.391
0.200 0.193 1383.100 1382.303
0.100 0.088 1395.515 1394.106
0.050 0.045 1405.766 1404.058
0.020 0.016 1417.301 1415.364
0.010 0.011 1424.993 1427.237
Sample-Size Adjusted BIC (n* = (n + 2) / 24)
Mean 1321.407
Std Dev 28.216
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.987 1255.767 1252.761
0.980 0.980 1263.459 1263.383
0.950 0.952 1274.994 1275.702
0.900 0.896 1285.245 1284.651
0.800 0.787 1297.660 1296.335
0.700 0.704 1306.610 1306.957
0.500 0.524 1321.407 1323.089
0.300 0.307 1336.204 1336.445
0.200 0.193 1345.154 1344.357
0.100 0.088 1357.569 1356.160
0.050 0.045 1367.820 1366.112
0.020 0.016 1379.355 1377.418
0.010 0.011 1387.047 1389.290
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Degrees of freedom 0
Mean 0.000
Std Dev 0.000
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.980 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.950 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.900 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.800 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.700 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.500 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.300 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.200 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.100 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.050 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.020 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.010 1.000 0.000 0.000
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)
Mean 0.000
Std Dev 0.000
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.980 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.950 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.900 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.800 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.700 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.500 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.300 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.200 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.100 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.050 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.020 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.010 0.000 0.000 0.000
SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)
Mean 0.121
Std Dev 0.046
Number of successful computations 1000
Proportions Percentiles
Expected Observed Expected Observed
0.990 1.000 0.013 0.045
0.980 1.000 0.026 0.052
0.950 0.990 0.045 0.060
0.900 0.941 0.062 0.068
0.800 0.800 0.082 0.082
0.700 0.668 0.097 0.094
0.500 0.417 0.121 0.114
0.300 0.260 0.145 0.138
0.200 0.187 0.160 0.156
0.100 0.108 0.181 0.182
0.050 0.066 0.197 0.208
0.020 0.040 0.216 0.239
0.010 0.027 0.229 0.267
MODEL RESULTS
ESTIMATES S. E. M. S. E. 95% % Sig
Population Average Std. Dev. Average Cover Coeff
REACTION ON
IMPORT 0.324 0.3290 0.0693 0.0699 0.0048 0.954 0.997
PMI 0.397 0.4000 0.0961 0.0920 0.0092 0.932 0.984
COND 0.103 0.1050 0.2326 0.2353 0.0540 0.948 0.072
IMPORT ON
COND 0.627 0.6106 0.3012 0.3048 0.0909 0.951 0.525
PMI ON
COND 0.477 0.4727 0.2386 0.2307 0.0569 0.939 0.529
IMPORT WITH
PMI 0.568 0.5591 0.1992 0.1968 0.0397 0.941 0.851
Intercepts
REACTION -0.150 -0.1970 0.5550 0.5221 0.3100 0.931 0.088
IMPORT 3.908 3.9165 0.2108 0.2145 0.0445 0.947 1.000
PMI 5.377 5.3798 0.1674 0.1622 0.0280 0.931 1.000
Residual Variances
REACTION 1.609 1.5647 0.2005 0.1923 0.0421 0.903 1.000
IMPORT 2.893 2.8677 0.3748 0.3527 0.1410 0.910 1.000
PMI 1.675 1.6450 0.2095 0.2029 0.0447 0.907 1.000
New/Additional Parameters
IND1 0.203 0.2003 0.1069 0.1130 0.0114 0.950 0.518
IND2 0.189 0.1884 0.1074 0.1070 0.0115 0.942 0.513
TECHNICAL OUTPUT
PARAMETER SPECIFICATION
NU
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 0 0 0 0
LAMBDA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0 0 0 0
IMPORT 0 0 0 0
PMI 0 0 0 0
COND 0 0 0 0
THETA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0
IMPORT 0 0
PMI 0 0 0
COND 0 0 0 0
ALPHA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 1 2 3 0
BETA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0 4 5 6
IMPORT 0 0 0 7
PMI 0 0 0 8
COND 0 0 0 0
PSI
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 9
IMPORT 0 10
PMI 0 11 12
COND 0 0 0 0
PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS
New/Additional Parameters
IND1 IND2
________ ________
1 13 14
STARTING VALUES
NU
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
LAMBDA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
IMPORT 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.000
PMI 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.000
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
THETA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0.000
IMPORT 0.000 0.000
PMI 0.000 0.000 0.000
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
ALPHA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.150 3.908 5.377 0.504
BETA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0.000 0.324 0.397 0.103
IMPORT 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.627
PMI 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.477
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
PSI
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 1.609
IMPORT 0.000 2.893
PMI 0.000 0.568 1.675
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.250
STARTING VALUES FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS
New/Additional Parameters
IND1 IND2
________ ________
1 0.203 0.189
POPULATION VALUES
NU
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
LAMBDA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
IMPORT 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.000
PMI 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.000
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
THETA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0.000
IMPORT 0.000 0.000
PMI 0.000 0.000 0.000
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
ALPHA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.150 3.908 5.377 0.000
BETA
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 0.000 0.324 0.397 0.103
IMPORT 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.627
PMI 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.477
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
PSI
REACTION IMPORT PMI COND
________ ________ ________ ________
REACTION 1.609
IMPORT 0.000 2.893
PMI 0.000 0.568 1.675
COND 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
DIAGRAM INFORMATION
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