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dear Drs. Muthén, I'm performing a path analysis with binary covariates and continuous outcomes. I cannot calculate some StdYs because in the correlation matrix obtained with Analysis:Type=Basic I have empty cells where I should find the correspondent binary variables' variances. I checked these variances with Stata and there seems to be nothing strange. Can you please give me some advice on how to proceed? |
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It sounds like you have put the binary covariates on the CATEGORICAL list. This list is for dependent variables only. |
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Excuse me for being not accurate. I meant that I have endogenous mediating binary variables (three, and all are on the CATEGORICAL list) and just one independent binary, not in the CATEGORICAL list. As a matter of fact, I have the variance of the independent binary and I don't have the variances of the other three binaries. |
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That is because for categorical dependent variables, the sample statistics for model estimation are correlations not variances/covariances. If you treat the variable as continuous, you will obtain a variance like you get in Stata. |
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Yes!, now I have the variances and they are pretty the same that I get in Stata. Just to be reassured: I must take them away from the CATEGORICAL list only for the Basic analysis, right? I understood that when I run the model, the categorical dependent variables must be in the list. |
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For the estimation of the model, categorical dependent variables should be on the CATEGORICAL list. |
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thank you very much Linda for your support! |
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