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 Vanessa Jaensch posted on Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 12:33 am
Hello, I am using latent state-trait approach and longitudinal design with 3 measurement points.
The idea is to test whether the trait component will increase the predictive ability beyond that provided by the score of the construct measured at T3.
Model 1 contains regression: SWL_T3 ON VI_T3
(VI_T3 is VI measured at T3) – result: VI_T3 is a sig predictor

Model 2 contains measurement invariance restriction (invariant factor loadings, intercepts, items’ unique variances), LST-modelling and the regression: SWL_T3 ON VI
(VI = trait component of VI measured at T1, T2, and T3) – result: VI is a sig predictor

Model 3: Model 1 + Model 2 - two regressions: SWL_T3 ON VI and SWL_T3 ON VI_T3;
If I use MLR I get the following error:
MAXIMUM LOG-LIKELIHOOD VALUE FOR THE UNRESTRICTED (H1) MODEL IS -8523.947
THE STANDARD ERRORS FOR H1 ESTIMATED SAMPLE STATISTICS COULD NOT BE COMPUTED. THIS MAY BE DUE TO LOW COVARIANCE COVERAGE.
THE ROBUST CHI-SQUARE COULD NOT BE COMPUTED.
THE STANDARD ERRORS FOR THE STANDARDIZED COEFFICIENT COULD NOT BE COMPUTED.

If I use ML I get the following error:
MAXIMUM LOG-LIKELIHOOD VALUE FOR THE UNRESTRICTED (H1) MODEL IS -8523.947
THE STANDARD ERRORS FOR THE STANDARDIZED COEFFICIENT COULD NOT BE COMPUTED.

I conducted the same analysis using samples with and without missing data. That makes no difference.

Thanks,
Vanessa
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 8:38 pm
It sounds like you have low covariance coverage, that is, some pairs of your variables are observed in less than 10% of the sample. You should check why that is so low.
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