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Hi, I am a new user of Mplus. I have Count data (countvar) as one of the 3 variables involved in the model. But the variance of the count variable is quite large and also consists many 0s. When I transform them, for example to log-scale then my code runs perfectly and produces similar results as SAS. But when I use them as it is, by specifying: COUNT IS COUNTVAR(i); I get the following error messgae: One or more variables have a variance greater than the maximum allowed of 1000000. Check your data and format statement or rescale the variable(s) using the DEFINE command. Is there some other way to allow for higher variance of the count data or specify them as zero-inflated data ? Any help is much appreciated. Thanking you in advance. Regards, Rudradev Sengupta |
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Check your data to see if you have some extremely large counts - perhaps they are due to coding error or subjects who are outliers and could be deleted. |
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Hi, Thanks for your reply. My data consists of some very high counts and many 0 counts, but that is the correct format of the data. There is no coding error and also I need the high counts in my analysis. Is there a way to increase the maximum allowed variance ? Regards, Rudradev |
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Our stoppage criterion (variance) is very liberal so I wonder how many high counts you have and how high they are? If you have a small subgroup with much higher counts than the others, then maybe you should analyze them separately. |
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Dear Dr Muthen, I also have a question regarding the variance of one of my variables. I have two variables, measured at t1 and t2, ranging from 0 - 65. The variables are quite evenly distributed over the whole range. Surprisingly, however, the variance in my output is > 200. The intercept is 18 for t1 and -18 for t2. These observations make me suspicious of the outcomes of the model. May something have gone wrong? Sincerely, Aurelie |
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Hard to say without seeing the full output. Intercepts depend on the values of the predictors. Regarding variances, perhaps you have some outliers that are incorrectly coded or you did not give the correct missing data flag. If this doesn't help, send full output to Support along with your license number. |
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