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 Jessie Rudi posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 9:23 am
I am receiving this error for a model with good fit and sound findings that support our theory:

THE STANDARD ERRORS OF THE MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATES MAY NOT BE
TRUSTWORTHY FOR SOME PARAMETERS DUE TO A NON-POSITIVE DEFINITE
FIRST-ORDER DERIVATIVE PRODUCT MATRIX. THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE STARTING
VALUES BUT MAY ALSO BE AN INDICATION OF MODEL NONIDENTIFICATION. THE
CONDITION NUMBER IS -0.219D-17. PROBLEM INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING PARAMETER:
Parameter 67, W2HEDO

I don't see any problems in the TECH4 output -- where else could I look to see what the problem is?
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 3:32 pm
If W2HEDO is binary you can ignore the message. Otherwise, send to Support along with your license number.
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