Mplus VERSION 3.0 MUTHEN & MUTHEN 04/22/2004 12:44 PM INPUT INSTRUCTIONS title: Data from table 3.1, page 39. Input 3.7 page 46, modified to add Age -> Prob Behavior Figure 3.2 page 45, modified to add Age -> Prob Behavior Output bottom page 47 top of page 48 data: file is ch3.dat; format is free; type is correlation means stdeviations; nobservations = 343; variable: names are v1 v2 v3 age prob; usevar = v1 v2 v3 age prob; analysis: type = general meanstructure; model: int by v1@ 0.577 v2@0.577 v3@0.577; lin by v1@-0.707 v2@0 v3@0.707; quad by v1@ 0.408 v2@-0.816 v3@0.408; [v1-v3@0]; v1-v3@0; age; prob on int lin quad age; ! added age here [int lin quad]; int lin quad on age; int with lin quad; lin with quad; model indirect: prob ind age; INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY Data from table 3.1, page 39. Input 3.7 page 46, modified to add Age -> Prob Behavior Figure 3.2 page 45, modified to add Age -> Prob Behavior Output bottom page 47 top of page 48 SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS Number of groups 1 Number of observations 343 Number of dependent variables 4 Number of independent variables 1 Number of continuous latent variables 3 Observed dependent variables Continuous V1 V2 V3 PROB Observed independent variables AGE Continuous latent variables INT LIN QUAD 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) ch3.dat Input data format FREE THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY TESTS OF MODEL FIT Chi-Square Test of Model Fit Value 0.000 Degrees of Freedom 0 P-Value 0.0000 Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model Value 348.038 Degrees of Freedom 10 P-Value 0.0000 CFI/TLI CFI 1.000 TLI 1.000 Loglikelihood H0 Value -4160.875 H1 Value -4160.875 Information Criteria Number of Free Parameters 20 Akaike (AIC) 8361.751 Bayesian (BIC) 8438.505 Sample-Size Adjusted BIC 8375.061 (n* = (n + 2) / 24) RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation) Estimate 0.000 90 Percent C.I. 0.000 0.000 Probability RMSEA <= .05 0.000 SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual) Value 0.000 MODEL RESULTS Estimates S.E. Est./S.E. INT BY V1 0.577 0.000 0.000 V2 0.577 0.000 0.000 V3 0.577 0.000 0.000 LIN BY V1 -0.707 0.000 0.000 V2 0.000 0.000 0.000 V3 0.707 0.000 0.000 QUAD BY V1 0.408 0.000 0.000 V2 -0.816 0.000 0.000 V3 0.408 0.000 0.000 INT ON AGE -0.813 0.413 -1.967 LIN ON AGE 0.146 0.228 0.641 QUAD ON AGE -0.452 0.201 -2.244 PROB ON INT 0.017 0.002 10.653 LIN 0.011 0.003 3.661 QUAD 0.010 0.003 2.931 PROB ON AGE 0.027 0.012 2.216 INT WITH LIN 6.923 3.534 1.959 QUAD -6.213 3.114 -1.995 LIN WITH QUAD -0.095 1.713 -0.055 Means AGE 21.940 0.077 286.569 Intercepts V1 0.000 0.000 0.000 V2 0.000 0.000 0.000 V3 0.000 0.000 0.000 PROB -0.874 0.276 -3.169 INT 34.650 9.082 3.815 LIN -1.444 5.023 -0.288 QUAD 9.553 4.426 2.159 Variances AGE 2.011 0.154 13.096 Residual Variances V1 0.000 0.000 0.000 V2 0.000 0.000 0.000 V3 0.000 0.000 0.000 PROB 0.102 0.008 13.096 INT 117.667 8.985 13.096 LIN 35.999 2.749 13.096 QUAD 27.946 2.134 13.096 TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS Estimates S.E. Est./S.E. Effects from AGE to PROB Total 0.011 0.014 0.738 Total indirect -0.017 0.008 -2.074 Specific indirect PROB INT AGE -0.014 0.007 -1.934 PROB LIN AGE 0.002 0.002 0.631 PROB QUAD AGE -0.004 0.002 -1.782 Direct PROB AGE 0.027 0.012 2.216 Beginning Time: 12:44:19 Ending Time: 12:44:19 Elapsed Time: 00:00:00 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) 1998-2004 Muthen & Muthen