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 toby hopp posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 1:42 pm
I have a quick question regarding parameter estimates in longitudinal context.

Essentially, I'm estimating a series of structural models that involve data measured at two occasions.

Model A looks as follows:

T1A --> T1B --> T1C

Model B looks as follows:

T1A --> T1B --> T2C

T1A and T1B are the same variables. T1C and T2C are repeated measures.

I would expect the unstandardized parameter estimates between T1A and T1B to be identical in both situations; however, they vary slightly (trivially, really) and I'm not sure why.

To be clear, I am using data derived from complete cases only, using MLR estimation, and have a couple correlated residuals (identical across models). T1A is an observed variable (treatment/control condition) and T1B is a latent variable.
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 3:45 pm
I would not expect those estimates to be the same because the models have different fit to the data. It is not like with all observed variables.
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