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Non-normal distribution and DSEM |
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Hi, I am working on a paper using DSEM, computing AR effect and cross-lagged paths. However, the within- person distribution for my participants is characterized by a strong floor effect. I wonder if it is a problem for running DSEM..one possible solution would be to transform my continuous variable in a binary one, but mplus 8.0 (my version) do not allow to run a DSEM for categorical variables at this time. I wonder if there are other possible solutions. Thank you in advance, Erica |
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What's your outcome and how many time points do you have? Turning it into a categorical variable (binary or ordinal) is one possible approach. Another is two-part modeling. For both you need to update to version 8.4. |
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