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Melinda Kavanaugh posted on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 9:33 am

Hello,
I have a very basic path model that includes two independent count variables. Is there a specific way to describe these in my analysis in Mplus?

Thank you,
Melinda

Linda K. Muthen posted on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 9:40 am

When count variables are used as independent variables, they are treated as continuous variables.

Melinda Kavanaugh posted on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 11:23 am

Thanks so much.