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INDEX

 


!, 14

!*, 14

", 757

%BETWEEN%, 783

%class label%, 782

%COLUMN, 799

%OVERALL%, 782

%ROW, 799

%TOTAL, 799

%WITHIN%, 783

(#), 734–35

*, 732–33

*!, 14

@, 733–34

[ ], 729–30

_MISSING, 643

_RECNUM, 613–14

{ }, 745–46

| symbol

growth models, 746–53

individually-varying times of observation, 753–54

latent variable interactions, 757–59

random slopes, 754–56

random variances, 757

3-step mixture analysis

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

ABS, 641–42

accelerated cohort, 145–49

ACE, 85–86, 87–88

ACONVERGENCE, 699

ACOS, 641–42

ADAPTIVE, 687–88

ADDFREQUENCY, 696

AITERATIONS, 697

ALGORITHM

Bayesian, 703–4

frequentist, 685–86

ALIGNMENT, 672–74

OUTPUT, 812

alignment optimization, 694, 697, 699, 700

ALL

CROSSTABS, 799

MISSING, 601–2

MODINDICES, 804–5

REPSAVE, 889

USEVARIABLES, 599–600

ALLFREE, 110–12, 671–72

alpha, 821

alpha (c), 822

alpha (f), 823

ANALYSIS command, 651–710

AR(1), 154–56, 157–58, 159–61, 161–62, 162–64, 355–59, 360–62, 366–69, 370–72, 373–74, 378–80, 381–85, 385–88, 389–93

AR(2), 154–56, 355–59

arithmetic operators, 641

ARMA, 366–69

ASIN, 641–42

ASTARTS, 694

AT, 753–54

ATAN, 641–42

auto-correlated residuals, 144–45

automatic labeling, 671–72

autoregression, 154–56, 157–58, 159–61, 161–62, 162–64, 355–59, 360–62, 366–69, 370–72, 373–74, 378–80, 381–85, 385–88, 389–93

AUXILIARY

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

B2WEIGHT, 623

B3WEIGHT, 624

balanced repeated replication, 683–84

BASEHAZARD

ANALYSIS, 684–85

OUTPUT, 811

SAVEDATA, 834–35

baseline hazard function, 151–52, 259–60

BASIC, 659

Bayes, 668–69, 701–7

BAYES, 668–69

Bayes factor, 820

Bayesian estimation, 668–69, 701–7

Bayesian plots, 846–48

Bayesian posterior parameter values, 836, 890–91

Bayesian structural equation modeling (BSEM)

bi-factor CFA with two items loading on only the general factor and cross-loadings with zero-mean and small-variance priors, 107–8

MIMIC model with cross-loadings and direct effects with zero-mean and small-variance priors, 109–10

multiple group model with approximate measurement invariance using zero-mean and small-variance priors, 110–12

BCH

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

BCHWEIGHTS, 842

BCONVERGENCE, 704–5

beta, 822

BETWEEN

Monte Carlo, 886–87

real data, 633–35

between-level categorical latent variable, 404–7, 408–10, 414–16, 420–22, 423–26, 431–33, 439–41

BI-CF-QUARTIMAX, 678–82

bi-factor EFA, 52–53

bi-factor rotations, 678–82

BI-GEOMIN, 678–82

BINARY

DATA MISSING, 588

DATA SURVIVAL, 591–92

DATA TWOPART, 586

birth cohort, 145–49

BITERATIONS, 705

bivariate frequency tables, 799

BLANK, 601

BOOTSTRAP

ANALYSIS, 688–89

REPSE, 683–84

bootstrap confidence intervals, 759–66

bootstrap standard errors, 37–38, 688–89, 759–66

Box data, 679

BPARAMETERS

Monte Carlo, 890–91

real data, 836

BRR, 683–84

BSEED, 702

BSEM, 107–8, 109–10, 110–12

ALIGNMENT, 672–74

burnin, 668–69

BWEIGHT, 623

BWTSCALE, 624

BY, 717–22

confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 718–19

exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), 719–22

CATEGORICAL

Monte Carlo, 874–76

real data, 604–8

categorical latent variables, 4–5, 723–24

categorical mediating variables, 551

CENSORED

Monte Carlo, 873–74

real data, 603–4

CENTER, 645–49

CF-EQUAMAX, 678–82

CF-FACPARSIM, 678–82

CF-PARSIMAX, 678–82

CF-QUARTIMAX, 678–82

CF-VARIMAX, 678–82

CHAINS, 702

CHECK, 574–75

chi-square difference test for WLSMV and MLMV, 507–8, 694–95, 833

chi-square difference testing, 546–47

chi-square test of model fit, 809

CHOLESKY, 685

CINTERVAL, 806–7

CINTERVAL (BCBOOTSTRAP), 806

CINTERVAL (BOOTSTRAP), 806

CINTERVAL (EQTAIL), 806

CINTERVAL (HPD), 806

CINTERVAL (SYMMETRIC), 806

class probabilities, 840

CLASSES

Monte Carlo, 879–80

real data, 627–28

CLUSTER

OUTPUT, 799–802

RESIDUAL, 802–4

TECH4, 815–16

VARIABLE, 620–22

cluster size, 869–71

CLUSTER_MEAN, 645

cluster-level factor indicators, 292–96

cohort, 145–49

COHORT, 592

COHRECODE, 593

COMBINATION, 688

comment, 14

COMPLEX, 659

complex survey data, 619–26

complier-average causal effect estimation (CACE), 203–5, 205–7

conditional independence (relaxed), 192–93, 210–11

conditional probabilities, 820

confidence intervals, 37–38, 806–7

CONFIGURAL

ALIGNMENT, 672–74

MODEL, 670–71

configural model, 540–47, 672–74

confirmatory analysis, 60–61, 188–90

confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)

categorical factor indicators, 62

censored and count factor indicators, 64–65

continuous and categorical factor indicators, 63

continuous factor indicators, 60–61

mixture, 194

two-level mixture, 411–13

CONSTRAINT, 618

constraints, 31–32, 89–90, 91–92, 92–93, 93–94, 187–88, 212–14, 215–17, 766–72

contextual effect, 275–79

CONTINUOUS, 586

continuous latent variables, 3–4

continuous-time survival analysis, 150–51, 151–52, 153–54, 217–19, 259–60, 320–21, 493–94

controlled direct effect, 763–66

convenience features, 730–32

CONVERGENCE, 697

convergence problems, 523–25

COOKS

PLOT, 852

SAVEDATA, 841–42

Cook's distance, 841–42

COPATTERN, 592–93

CORRELATION

ANALYSIS, 701

DATA, 570

ROWSTANDARDIZATION, 682

SAVEDATA, 837

COS, 641–42

COUNT

CROSSTABS, 799

Monte Carlo, 877–79

real data, 609–12

count variable models

negative binomial, 610–11, 878

negative binomial hurdle, 611–12, 879

Poisson, 610, 877

zero-inflated negative binomial, 611, 878–79

zero-inflated Poisson, 610, 877–78

zero-truncated negative binomial, 611, 879

counterfactually-defined indirect effects, 762–66

COVARIANCE

ANALYSIS, 701

DATA, 570

DATA IMPUTATION, 578–79

H1MODEL, 809

MODEL PRIORS, 777

ROWSTANDARDIZATION, 682

SAVEDATA, 829, 837

COVERAGE

ANALYSIS, 695

MONTECARLO, 888

Cox regression, 150–51, 259–60, 320–21, 493–94

CPROBABILITIES, 840

CRAWFER, 678–82

Crawfer family of rotations, 680

credibility interval, 759–66, 806–7

CROSSCLASSIFIED, 663

cross-classified modeling

IRT with random binary items, 345–46

multiple indicator growth model with random intercepts and factor loadings, 347–49

path analysis with continuous dependent variables, 342–44

regression for a continuous dependent variable, 338–42

cross-lagged, 158–59, 363–66, 375–77

cross-loadings, 109–10

CROSSTABS, 799

CSIZES, 869–71

CUT, 644–45

CUTPOINT

DATA SURVIVAL, 591

DATA TWOPART, 585

CUTPOINTS, 866

DAFS, 159–61

DATA COHORT, 592–95

DATA command, 564–95

data generation, 863–66

data imputation, 575–79

DATA IMPUTATION, 575–79

DATA LONGTOWIDE, 582–84

DATA MISSING, 587–90

data reading

covariance matrix, 500

fixed format, 501

means and covariance matrix, 500–501

DATA SURVIVAL, 590–92

data transformation, 580–95, 639–50

DATA TWOPART, 584–87

DATA WIDETOLONG, 580–82

DCATEGORICAL

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

DCONTINUOUS

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

DDROPOUT, 587–90

DE3STEP

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

decomposition, 270–75

defaults, 516–20

DEFINE command, 639–50

degree of freedom parameter, 674

delta, 822

DELTA, 675

Delta method standard errors, 759–66

derivatives of parameters, 814–15

DESCRIPTIVE, 589–90

Deviance Information Criterion, 668–69

Diagrammer, 10–11

DIC, 668–69

DIFFERENCE, 110–12, 779–80

difference testing, 546–47

DIFFTEST, 507–8

ANALYSIS, 694–95

SAVEDATA, 833

direct autoregressive factor score model, 159–61

direct effects, 109–10, 759–66

Dirichlet, 774–80

discrete-time survival analysis, 149–50, 489–90

discrete-time survival mixture analysis, 257–59

distal outcome, 235–36

DISTRIBUTION, 674

DO

DEFINE, 650

MODEL CONSTRAINT, 769–70

MODEL PRIORS, 777–79

MODEL TEST, 773–74

do loop

DEFINE, 650

MODEL CONSTRAINT, 769–70

MODEL PRIORS, 777–79

MODEL TEST, 773–74

double do loop

DEFINE, 650

MODEL CONSTRAINT, 769–70

MODEL PRIORS, 777–79

MODEL TEST, 773–74

dropout, 448–49

DSEM, 114, 263

DSURVIVAL, 612

DU3STEP

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

dynamic factor model, 159–61

dynamic structural equation modeling, 114, 263

E

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

ECLUSTER, 622–23

EFA, 663–65

eigenvalues, 682–83

EM, 685–86

EMA, 685–86

ENTROPY, 812

entropy individual variable, 812

EQUAL, 684–85

equalities, 734–35

ESEM, 95–96, 97–98, 99–100, 101–3, 104–5, 105–6, 106–7, 719–22

ESTBASELINE, 835

estimated correlation matrix, 815–16

estimated covariance matrix

OUTPUT, 815

SAVEDATA, 829

estimated sigma between matrix, 829

estimated time scores, 128

ESTIMATES, 832–33

ESTIMATOR, 665–68

event history indicators, 489–90

EXP, 641–42

EXPECTED, 688

expected frequencies, 817

exploratory factor analysis (EFA)

bi-factor with continuous factor indicators, 52–53

categorical factor indicators, 46–47

continuous factor indicators, 45–46

continuous, censored, categorical, and count factor indicators, 48–49

factor mixture analysis, 49–50

parallel analysis, 682–83

two-level with continuous factor indicators, 50–51

two-level with individual- and cluster-level factor indicators, 51–52

exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), 719–22

bi-factor EFA, 105–6

bi-factor EFA with two items loading on only the general factor, 106–7

EFA at two timepoints, 99–100

EFA with covariates (MIMIC), 95–96

EFA with residual variances constrained to be greater than zero, 104–5

multiple group EFA with continuous factor indicators, 101–3

SEM with EFA and CFA factors, 97–98

exposure variable, 762–66

external Monte Carlo simulation, 484–87

factor mixture analysis, 49–50, 210–11

factor score coefficients, 810

factor score determinacy, 811

factor scores, 837–39, 842, 851

FACTORS

PLOT, 851

SAVEDATA, 842

FAY, 683–84

FBITERATIONS, 705

FILE

DATA, 567

SAVEDATA, 826–27

FINITE, 626–27

finite population correction factor, 626–27

FIXED, 672–74

fixing parameter values, 733–34

FORMAT

DATA, 567–69

DATA IMPUTATION, 578

SAVEDATA, 827

four-parameter logistic, 65–68, 606

FOURTHRT, 700

FPC, 626–27, 626–27

frailty, 1

FREE

ALIGNMENT, 672–74

DATA, 567–68

DATA IMPUTATION, 578

MFORMAT, 844

SAVEDATA, 827

freeing parameters, 732–33

frequency tables, 799

frequency weights, 614

FREQWEIGHT, 614

FS, 685–86

FSCOEFFICIENT, 810

FSCOMPARISON, 811

FSCORES, 837–39

FSDETERMINACY, 811

FULLCORR, 570

FULLCOV, 570

functions, 641–42

gamma, 822

Gamma, 774–80

gamma (c), 823

gamma (f), 823

GAUSSHERMITE, 686–87

Gelman-Rubin convergence, 704–5

GENCLASSES, 866–67

GENERAL, 657–59

generalized partial credit, 65–68, 605

GENERATE, 863–66

generating data, 863–66

generating missing data, 871–73

GEOMIN, 678–82

GIBBS, 703–4

Gibbs sampler algorithm, 703–4

GLS, 668

GPA algorithm, 699

GRANDMEAN, 645–49

graphics module, 853–57

GROUPING, 612–13

GROUPMEAN, 645–49

growth mixture modeling

between-level categorical latent variable, 431–33

categorical outcome, 231–32

censored outcome, 230–31

continuous outcome, 225–28

distal outcome, 235–36

known classes (multiple group analysis), 240–42

negative binomial model, 235

sequential process, 237–40

two-level, 427–30

zero-inflated Poisson model, 232–35

growth modeling, 746–53

auto-correlated residuals, 144–45

categorical outcome, 123–24

censored outcome, 120–21

censored-inflated outcome, 121–23

continuous outcome, 118–19

count outcome, 125–26

estimated time scores, 128

individually-varying times of observation, 132–34

multiple group multiple cohort, 145–49

multiple indicators, 137–38, 139–40

parallel processes, 135–36

piecewise model, 131–32

quadratic model, 128–29

time-invariant covariate, 130–31

time-varying covariate, 130–31

two-part (semicontinuous), 140–43

using the Theta parameterization, 124–25

with covariates, 130–31

zero-inflated count outcome, 126–27

H1CONVERGENCE, 697–98

H1ITERATIONS, 696

H1MODEL, 809

H1SE, 809

H1STARTS, 694

H1TECH3, 809

HAZARDC, 871

heritability, 91–92, 92–93, 212–14, 215–17

hidden Markov model, 245–47

highest posterior density, 806–7

identification, 525–26

identity by descent (IBD), 93–94

IDVARIABLE

DATA LONGTOWIDE, 583

DATA WIDETOLONG, 581–82

VARIABLE, 613–14

imputation, 575–79

IMPUTATION, 572–73

IMPUTE, 576–77

IND

conventional indirect effects, 761

counterfactually-defined indirect effects, 763

indirect effect plot, 40–42

indirect effects, 37–38, 77, 759–66

INDIVIDUAL, 570

individually-varying times of observation, 132–34, 753–54

INFLUENCE

PLOT, 852

SAVEDATA, 841

influential observations, 852

INFORMATION, 688

information curves, 846–48

INTEGRATION, 686–87

INTEGRATION setting for ALGORITHM, 685–86

interaction between latent variables, 78–79, 757–59

interactions, 757–59

INTERACTIVE, 707–8

intercepts, 729–30

INTERRUPT, 707

inverse Gamma, 774–80

inverse Wishart, 774–80

IRT models

four-parameter logistic, 65–68, 606

generalized partial credit, 65–68, 605

graded response, 605

nominal, 604

partial credit, 65–68

three-parameter logistic, 65–68, 605–6

two-parameter logistic, 65–68, 605

two-paramter normal ogive, 605

item characteristic curves, 846–48

item response theory (IRT) models

factor mixture, 210–11

random binary items using cross-classified data, 345–46

twin, 215–17

two-level mixture, 414–16

two-parameter logistic, 65–68

ITERATIONS, 696

JACKKNIFE, 683–84

JACKKNIFE1, 683–84

JACKKNIFE2, 683–84

K-1STARTS, 692–93

KAISER, 682

KAPLANMEIER, 834

kappa (u), 823

known class, 200–201, 240–42

KNOWNCLASS, 110–12, 628–29

KOLMOGOROV, 706

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, 706

labeling

baseline hazard parameters, 743

categorical latent variables, 742–43

classes, 743

inflation variables, 743

nominal variables, 742–43

parameters, 744–45, 766–67

thresholds, 742

lag

Monte Carlo, 891

real data, 638

LAGGED

Monte Carlo, 891

real data, 638

Lagrange multiplier tests. See modification indices

lambda, 821

lambda (f), 823

lambda (u), 822

LATENT, 703

latent class analysis (LCA)

binary latent class indicators, 175–77

binary, censored, unordered, and count latent class indicators, 184–85

confirmatory, 187–88, 188–90

continuous latent class indicators, 182–83

three-category latent class indicators, 179–80

two-level, 417–19

two-level with a between-level categorical latent variable, 420–22

unordered categorical latent class indicators, 180–81

with a covariate and a direct effect, 186–87

with a second-order factor (twin analysis), 195–97

with partial conditional independence, 192–93

latent class growth analysis (LCGA)

binary outcome, 242–43

three-category outcome, 243–44

two-level, 434–36

zero-inflated count outcome, 244–45

latent response variables, 839, 842–43, 851

latent transition analysis (LTA)

for two time points with a binary covariate influencing the latent transition probabilities, 247–50

for two time points with a continuous covariate influencing the latent transition probabilities, 250–53

mover-stayer for three time points using a probability parameterization, 253–57

two-level, 436–38

two-level with a between-level categorical latent variable, 439–41

latent transition probabilities, 820

latent variable covariate, 270–75, 275–79

latent variable interactions, 78–79, 757–59

liabilities, 1, 87–88, 92–93, 212–14

likelihood ratio bootstrap draws, 818–20

likelihood ratio test, 817, 818–20

linear constraints, 187–88, 766–72

linear trend, 378–80, 385–88

LINK, 677

list function, 736–42

LISTWISE, 574

listwise deletion, 574

local maxima, 521–23

local solution, 521–23

LOG, 641–42

log odds, 553–57

LOG10, 641–42

LOGCRITERION, 698

LOGHIGH, 700

logical operators, 641

logistic regression, 553–57

LOGIT

LINK, 677

PARAMETERIZATION, 676

LOGLIKELIHOOD

PLOT, 852

SAVEDATA, 841

LOGLINEAR, 676

loglinear analysis, 191–92, 559–60

LOGLOW, 700

lognormal, 774–80

LOGRANK, 811

logrank test, 811

Lo-Mendell-Rubin test, 817

LONG

DATA LONGTOWIDE, 582–83

DATA WIDETOLONG, 581

LOOP, 40–42, 771–72

loop plots, 40–42

LRESPONSES

PLOT, 851

SAVE, 839

SAVEDATA, 842–43

LRTBOOTSTRAP, 690

LRTSTARTS, 693

LTA calculator, 11, 250–53

M, 615–18

MAHALANOBIS

PLOT, 852

SAVEDATA, 840

Mantel-Cox test, 811

marginal probabilities, 820

Markov chain Monte Carlo, 701–7

MATRIX, 701

MCCONVERGENCE, 698

MCITERATIONS, 697

MCMC, 668–69

MCMC chain, 668–69

MCONVERGENCE, 698

MCSEED, 687

MDITERATIONS, 706

MEAN

DEFINE, 643–44

POINT, 701–2

mean square error (MSE), 472

mean structure, 72–74, 81–82

means, 729–30

MEANS, 570

measurement error, 366–69

measurement invariance, 540–47, 670–71, 672–74, 812

approximate, 110–12

MEDIAN, 701–2

mediation

bootstrap, 37–38

categorical variable, 551

cluster-level latent variable, 282–83

continuous variable, 32–33

missing data, 39–40

moderated, 40–42

random slopes, 495–97

MEMBERSHIP, 629–31

merging data sets, 512–13, 843–45

METRIC

ALIGNMENT, 701

MODEL, 670–71

metric model, 540–47

Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, 703–4

MFILE, 843

MFORMAT, 844

MH, 703–4

MIMIC

continuous factor indicators, 71–72

multiple group analysis, 80–81, 81–82, 82–83

MISSFLAG, 827

MISSING

DATA MISSING, 587–90

MONTECARLO, 872–73

VARIABLE, 601–3

missing data, 39–40, 445–47, 448–49, 449–51, 451–52, 453, 454–55, 455–58, 458–60, 473–77, 477–78, 481–83, 547–51

missing data correlate, 445–47, 615–18

missing data generation, 871–73

missing data patterns, 809–10

missing data plots, 846–48

missing value flags, 601–3

non-numeric, 502

numeric, 502–3

MITERATIONS, 696

MIXC, 699

MIXTURE, 659–61

mixture modeling

confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 194

multivariate normal, 201–3

randomized trials (CACE), 203–5, 205–7

regression analysis, 170–73

structural equation modeling (SEM), 198–99

with known class, 200–201

zero-inflated Poisson regression analysis, 174–75

zero-inflated Poisson regression as a two-class model, 207–8

MIXU, 699

ML

ESTIMATOR, 667

STVALUES, 702–3

MLF, 668

MLM, 667–68

MLMV, 668

MLR, 668

MMISSING, 845

MNAMES, 843–44

MOD, 763–66

MODE, 701–2

MODEL

ANALYSIS, 669–72

DATA IMPUTATION, 578–79

MODEL command, 713–89

MODEL command variations, 780–83

MODEL CONSTRAINT, 766–72

MODEL COVERAGE, 785–87

model estimation, 515–29

MODEL INDIRECT, 759–66

MODEL label, 781–82

MODEL MISSING, 788–89

MODEL POPULATION, 783–85

MODEL PRIORS, 774–80

MODEL TEST, 772–74

modeling framework, 1–6

moderated mediation, 40–42, 771–72

moderation, 763–66

moderator, 763–66

modification indices, 804–5

MODINDICES, 804–5

MONITOR, 852

Monte Carlo simulation studies

discrete-time survival analysis, 489–90

EFA with continuous outcomes, 483–84

external Monte Carlo, 484–87

GMM for a continuous outcome, 479–81

growth with attrition under MAR, 477–78

mediation with random slopes, 495–97

MIMIC with patterns of missing data, 473–77

missing data, 473–77, 477–78

multiple group EFA with measurement invariance, 497–98

saved parameter estimates, 487–88

two-level Cox regression, 493–94

two-level growth model for a continuous outcomes (three-level analysis), 481–83

two-part (semicontinuous) model, 491–93

MONTECARLO

DATA, 571–72

INTEGRATION, 686–87

MONTECARLO command, 859–91

mover-stayer model, 253–57

moving average, 366–69

Mplus language, 13–14

Mplus program

base, 17

combination add-on, 18

mixture add-on, 17

multilevel add-on, 18

MSE, 472

MSELECT, 845

MUCONVERGENCE, 698–99

MUITERATIONS, 697

multilevel mixture modeling

two-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 411–13

two-level growth mixture model (GMM), 427–30

two-level growth mixture model (GMM) with a between-level categorical latent variable, 431–33

two-level growth model with a between-level categorical latent variable, 423–26

two-level item response theory (IRT), 414–16

two-level latent class analysis (LCA), 417–19

two-level latent class analysis (LCA) with a between-level categorical latent variable, 420–22

two-level latent class growth analysis (LCGA), 434–36

two-level latent transition analysis (LTA), 436–38

two-level latent transition analysis (LTA) with a between-level categorical latent variable, 439–41

two-level mixture regression, 398–403, 404–7, 408–10

multilevel modeling

three-level growth model with a continuous outcome and one covariate on each of the three levels, 335–38

three-level MIMIC model with continuous factor indicators, two covariates on within, one covariate on between level 2, and one covariate on between level 3 with random slopes on both within and between level 2, 330–35

three-level path analysis with a continuous and a categorical dependent variable, 327–30

three-level regression for a continuous dependent variable, 324–27

two-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with categorical factor indicators, 289–90

two-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with continuous factor indicators, 286–88, 290–92

two-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with continuous factor indicators, covariates, and a factor with a random residual variance, 352–54

two-level growth for a zero-inflated count outcome (three-level analysis), 318–20

two-level growth model for a categorical outcome (three-level analysis), 306–7

two-level growth model for a continuous outcome (three-level analysis), 303–6

two-level MIMIC model with continuous factor indicators, random factor loadings, two covariates on within, and one covariate on between with equal loadings across levels, 322–24

two-level multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 300–302

two-level multiple indicator growth model, 311–14

two-level path analysis with a continuous and a categorical dependent variable, 279–81

two-level path analysis with a continuous, a categorical, and a cluster-level observed dependent variable, 282–83

two-level path analysis with random slopes, 284–86

two-level regression analysis for a continuous dependent variable with a random intercept and a random residual variance, 349–51

two-level regression for a continuous dependent variable with a random intercept, 270–75

two-level regression for a continuous dependent variable with a random slope, 275–79

two-level structural equation modeling (SEM), 297–300

multinomial logistic regression, 553–57

multiple categorical latent variables, 188–90

multiple cohort, 145–49

multiple group analysis

known class, 200–201, 240–42

MIMIC with categorical factor indicators, 82–83

MIMIC with continuous factor indicators, 81–82

special issues, 529–40

multiple imputation, 509, 572–73, 575–79

missing values, 453, 454–55, 458–60

plausible values, 455–58

multiple indicators, 137–38, 139–40

multiple processors, 708–10

multiple solutions, 521–23

MULTIPLIER

ANALYSIS, 695

SAVEDATA, 836

multivariate normal mixture model, 201–3

MUML, 668

NAMES

DATA MISSING, 587

DATA SURVIVAL, 591

DATA TWOPART, 585

MONTECARLO, 861

VARIABLE, 598

natural direct effects, 762–66

natural indirect effects, 762–66

NCSIZES, 867–68

NDATASETS, 577

negative binomial, 28–29, 609–12

NEW, 766–67

NGROUPS

DATA, 573

MONTECARLO, 862

NOBSERVATIONS

DATA, 573

MONTECARLO, 861–62

NOCHECK, 574–75

NOCHISQUARE, 808

NOCOVARIANCES, 671–72

NOMEANSTRUCTURE, 671–72

NOMINAL

Monte Carlo, 876–77

real data, 608–9

non-convergence, 523–25

non-linear constraints, 31–32, 766–72

non-linear factor analysis, 70

non-normal distributions, 674

non-parametric, 209

NORMAL, 674

NOSERROR, 808

not missing at random (NMAR)

Diggle-Kenward selection model, 449–51

pattern-mixture model, 451–52

NREPS, 862

nu, 821

numerical integration, 526–29

OBLIMIN, 678–82

OBLIQUE, 678–82

OBSERVED

INFORMATION, 688

PREDICTOR, 703

odds, 553–57

ODLL, 685–86

OFF

ADAPTIVE, 687–88

BASEHAZARD, 684–85

CHOLESKY, 685

LISTWISE, 574

MONITOR, 852

ON

ADAPTIVE, 687–88

BASEHAZARD, 684–85

CHOLESKY, 685

LISTWISE, 574

MODEL, 722–25

MONITOR, 852

optimization history, 816

OPTSEED, 692

ORTHOGONAL, 678–82

outliers, 852

OUTLIERS, 852

OUTPUT command, 791–823

PARALLEL, 682–83

parallel analysis, 682–83

parallel computing, 708–10

parallel processes, 135–36

parameter constraints. See constraints

parameter derivatives, 815

parameter extension, 703–4

parameterization

delta, 82–83

logistic, 558–59

loglinear, 188–90, 191–92, 559–60

probability, 560–61

theta, 34, 84, 124–25

PARAMETERIZATION, 674–76

parametric bootstrap, 818–20

parametric proportional hazards, 151–52, 153–54

partial credit, 65–68

path analysis

categorical dependent variables, 33–34

combination of censored, categorical, and unordered categorical (nominal) dependent variables, 36–37

combination of continuous and categorical dependent variables, 35

continuous dependent variables, 32–33

PATMISS, 871–72

PATPROBS, 872

PATTERN, 618–19

PATTERNS, 809–10

PERTURBED, 702–3

PHI, 641–42

piecewise growth model, 131–32

plausible values, 455–58, 837–39, 842, 851

PLOT, 770

PLOT command, 845–57

PLOT1, 846

PLOT2, 846–48

PLOT3, 848–49

plots

Bayesian, 846–48

missing data, 846–48

moderation, 763–66

survival, 846–48

time series, 848–49

PNDE, 762–66

POINT, 701–2

Poisson. See zero-inflated Poisson

PON, 725–26

pooled-within covariance matrix. See sample covariance matrices

POPULATION

FINITE, 626–27

MONTECARLO, 888

population size, 626–27

posterior, 668–69

posterior predictive checks, 668–69

potential scale reduction, 668–69, 704–5

PREDICTOR, 703

PRIOR, 706–7

priors, 774–80

PRIORS, 629–31

PROBABILITIES, 629–31

PROBABILITY, 676

probability calculations

logistic regression, 553–57

multinomial logistic regression, 553–57

probit regression, 552–53

PROBIT, 677

probit link, 212–14, 677

PROCESSORS, 708–10

PRODUCT, 701

profile likelihood, 151–52, 259–60, 320–21

PROMAX, 678–82

PROPENSITY, 839–40

propensity scores, 839–40

proportional hazards model, 151–52, 153–54

psi, 822

PSR, 704–5

pure natural direct effects, 762–66

PWITH, 727

PX1, 703–4

PX2, 703–4

PX3, 703–4

quadratic growth model, 128–29

quantitative trait locus (QTL), 93–94

QUARTIMIN, 678–82

R

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

R3STEP

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 615–18

RANDOM, 659

random AR(1) slope, 355–59, 360–62, 370–72, 373–74, 381–85, 385–88

random factor loadings, 322–24, 347–49, 756–57

random items, 345–46

random residual covariance, 363–66

random residual variance, 349–51, 352–54, 355–59, 360–62, 363–66, 370–72, 373–74, 378–80, 381–85, 385–88

random slopes, 29–31, 132–34, 275–79, 284–86, 290–92, 297–300, 308–10, 315–17, 754–56

random starts, 170–73, 179

random variance, 349–51, 352–54

random variances, 757

RANKING, 836–37

RCONVERGENCE, 699

reading data

fixed format, 501

RECORDLENGTH, 828

REFGROUP, 701

REGRESSION, 578–79

regression analysis

censored inflated regression, 24

censored regression, 23–24

linear regression, 22–23

logistic regression, 25–26

multinomial logistic regression, 26–27

negative binomial regression, 28–29

Poisson regression, 27

probit regression, 25

random coefficient regression, 29–31

zero-inflated Poisson regression, 28

REPETITION

DATA LONGTOWIDE, 584

DATA WIDETOLONG, 582

replicate weights, 513, 514, 624–25

REPSAVE, 889

REPSE, 683–84

REPWEIGHTS

SAVEDATA, 840

VARIABLE, 624–25

RESCOVARIANCES, 676–77

RESIDUAL

BOOTSTRAP, 689

OUTPUT, 802–4

residual covariances, 676–77

residual variances, 728

residuals, 802–4

RESPONSE, 835–36

RESULTS

MONTECARLO, 890

SAVEDATA, 831

right censoring, 151–52, 153–54, 320–21

RITERATIONS, 697

RLOGCRITERION, 698

robust chi-square, 668

robust standard errors, 668

ROTATION, 678–82

ROUNDING, 579

ROWSTANDARDIZATION, 682

R-square, 799–802

RSTARTS, 693–94

RW, 703–4

SAMPLE, 828

sample covariance matrices

pooled-within, 830

sample, 828

sigma between, 829

sample statistics, 798

sampling fraction, 626–27

sampling weights, 622

SAMPSTAT, 798

SAVE

DATA IMPUTATION, 577–78

MONTECARLO, 889–90

SAVEDATA, 837

SAVEDATA command, 824–45

saving data and results, 824–45

SCALAR, 670–71

scalar model, 540–47

scale factors, 745–46

SDITERATIONS, 696

SDROPOUT, 587–90

second-order factor analysis, 68–69

SEED, 863

selection modeling, 449–51

semicontinuous, 140–43, 491–93

SENSITIVITY, 849

sensitivity plots, 849

SEQUENTIAL

DATA IMPUTATION, 578–79

H1MODEL, 809

sequential cohort, 145–49

sequential regression, 578–79

SERIES, 849–51

SFRACTION, 626–27

sibling modeling, 93–94

SIGB, 829

sigma between covariance matrix. See sample covariance matrices

SIMPLICITY, 700

simplicity function, 700

SIN, 641–42

skew parameters, 674

SKEWNORMAL, 674

SKEWT, 674

SQRT, 700

DEFINE, 641–42

STANDARD

BOOTSTRAP, 689

INTEGRATION, 687

STANDARDIZE, 649

STANDARDIZED, 799–802

standardized parameter estimates, 799–802

STARTING, 889

starting values

assigning, 732–33

automatic, 170–73

saving, 807–8

user-specified, 177–78, 229, 732–33

STARTS, 691–92

STCONVERGENCE, 692

STD, 800–801

STDDISTRIBUTION, 832

STDEVIATIONS, 570

STDRESULTS, 831

STDY, 800–801

STDYX, 800–801

STITERATIONS, 692

STRATIFICATION, 619–20

structural equation modeling (SEM)

categorical latent variable regressed on a continuous latent variable, 197–98

continuous factor indicators, 75–76

with interaction between latent variables, 78–79

STSCALE, 692

STSEED, 692

STVALUES, 702–3

SUBPOPULATION, 625–26

SUM, 644

summary data, 570–72

SURVIVAL

Monte Carlo, 881–83

real data, 635–37

survival analysis. See continuous-time survival analysis and discrete-time survival analysis

survival plots, 846–48

SVALUES, 807–8

SWMATRIX

DATA, 574

SAVEDATA, 830

TAN, 641–42

TARGET, 678–82

tau, 821

tau (u), 823

TDISTRIBUTION, 674

TECH1, 812–14

TECH10, 817

TECH11, 817

TECH12, 818

TECH13, 818

TECH14, 818–20

TECH15, 820

TECH16, 820

TECH2, 814–15

TECH3

OUTPUT, 815

SAVEDATA, 833

TECH4

OUTPUT, 815–16

SAVEDATA, 834

TECH5, 816

TECH6, 816

TECH7, 816

TECH8, 816

TECH9, 817

theta, 821

THETA, 675

theta parameterization, 34, 84, 124–25, 675

THIN

ANALYSIS, 706

DATA IMPUTATION, 579

thinning, 579

threads, 708–10

THREELEVEL, 662–63

three-level analysis, 303–6, 306–7, 423–26

three-parameter logistic, 65–68, 605–6

three-step mixture analysis

Monte Carlo, 880–81

real data, 175–77, 615–18

threshold structure, 74–75

thresholds, 729–30

Thurstone's Box data, 679

time series analysis

cross-classified time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model for continuous factor indicators with random intercepts and a factor varying across both subjects and time, 389–93

cross-classified time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable with a covariate, linear trend, and random slope, 385–88

cross-classified time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable with a covariate, random intercept, and random slope, 381–85

N=1 time series analysis with a bivariate cross-lagged model for continuous dependent variables, 158–59

N=1 time series analysis with a first-order autoregressive AR(1) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model with continuous factor indicators, 159–61

N=1 time series analysis with a first-order autoregressive AR(1) IRT model with binary factor indicators, 161–62

N=1 time series analysis with a first-order autoregressive AR(1) structural equation model (SEM) with continuous factor indicators, 162–64

N=1 time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable, 154–56

N=1 time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable with a covariate, 157–58

two-level time series analysis with a bivariate cross-lagged model for continuous dependent variables with random slopes, random residual variances, and a random covariance, 363–66

two-level time series analysis with a bivariate cross-lagged model for two factors and continuous factor indicators with random intercepts and random slopes, 375–77

two-level time series analysis with a first-order autoregressive AR(1) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model for continuous factor indicators with random intercepts, a random AR(1) slope, and a random residual variance, 370–72

two-level time series analysis with a first-order autoregressive AR(1) factor analysis model for a single continuous indicator and measurement error, 366–69

two-level time series analysis with a first-order autoregressive AR(1) IRT model for binary factor indicators with random thresholds, a random AR(1) slope, and a random residual variance, 373–74

two-level time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable with a covariate, linear trend, random slopes, and a random residual variance, 378–80

two-level time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable with a covariate, random intercept, random AR(1) slope, random slope, and random residual variance, 360–62

two-level time series analysis with a univariate first-order autoregressive AR(1) model for a continuous dependent variable with a random intercept, random AR(1) slope, and random residual variance, 355–59

TIMECENSORED, 637–38

time-invariant covariates, 130–31

TIMEMEASURES, 593–94

time-to-event variable, 150–51, 259–60, 320–21, 493–94

time-varying covariates, 130–31

TINTERVAL, 638–39

TITLE command, 563

TNAMES, 594–95

TNIE, 762–66

TOLERANCE, 701

total effect, 759–66

total natural indirect effects, 762–66

TRAINING, 629–31

training data, 203–5

TRANSFORM, 586–87

transformation

data, 580–95

variables, 639–50

TSCORES

Monte Carlo, 883–84

real data, 614

twin analysis, 85–86, 87–88, 91–92, 92–93, 195–97, 212–14, 215–17

TWOLEVEL, 661–62

two-parameter logistic, 65–68

two-part (semicontinuous), 140–43, 491–93, 584–87

TYPE

ANALYSIS, 657–65

DATA, 570–73

DATA MISSING, 588–89

PLOT, 846–49

SAVEDATA, 837

UB, 664–65

UB*, 664–65

UCELLSIZE, 700

ULS, 668

ULSMV, 668

UNEQUAL, 684–85

UNPERTURBED, 702–3

UNSCALED

BWTSCALE, 624

WTSCALE, 622–23

USEOBSERVATIONS, 599

USEVARIABLES, 599–600

UW, 664–65

UW*, 664–65

VALUES, 579

VARIABLE command, 595–639

variables

dependent, 712

independent, 712

latent, 711

observed, 711

scale of measurement, 712

VARIANCE, 700

variances, 728

VARIANCES, 574–75

VARIMAX, 678–82

VIA, 761

Wald test, 772–74

WEIGHT, 622

white noise factor score model, 159–61

WIDE

DATA LONGTOWIDE, 583

DATA WIDETOLONG, 581

WITH, 726–27

WITHIN

Monte Carlo, 884–86

real data, 631–33

WLS, 668

WLSM, 668

WLSMV, 668

WNFS, 159–61

WTSCALE, 622–23

XWITH, 757–59

zero cells, 696

zero-inflated Poisson, 28–29, 126–27, 207–8, 232–35, 244–45, 609–12

zero-mean and small-variance priors, 107–8, 109–10, 110–12


 


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