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 June Zhou posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 2:43 pm
Dear All,

I am running a null path model with missing data. Here are my syntax:

variable: names are ID
BULLY1
BULLY2
BULLY3;

usevariables are
BULLY1
BULLY2
BULLY3;

categorical are bully1 bully2 bully3 ;
missing = blank;


analysis:
estimator = mlr;
integration = montecarlo ;


model: bully3 on bully1 bully2;
bully2 on bully1;

*** WARNING
Data set contains cases with missing on all variables.
These cases were not included in the analysis.
Number of cases with missing on all variables: 115
1 WARNING(S) FOUND IN THE INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

However, I still get a result excluding missing cases. Is there any way that I can include all of the cases?
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 4:55 pm
Cases with missing on all analysis variables cannot be included in the analysis. They do not contribute anything.
 June Zhou posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 8:03 pm
I see! Thank you very much for your reply, Dr. Muthen!
 Murat D. Þ. posted on Friday, June 17, 2016 - 9:17 am
Hello,
I am running a second order CFA with estimator ML. It takes so much time to run the analysis so i get a warning message to reduce the number of integration or using monte carlo integration to resolve the problem. When i put "INTEGRATION IS MONTECARLO" to the analysis command, i get the error message "UNKNOWN OPTION: INTEGRATION". I wish if you can help me.

Thank you for your support.
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Friday, June 17, 2016 - 1:23 pm
We need to see your output; please send to Support along with your license number.
 Alex Moffett posted on Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 2:28 pm
Hello,

I have a question that I couldn't find the answer to in the user's guide:

when using INTEGRATION=MONTECARLO without specifying number of integration points (i.e., INTEGRATION=MONTECARLO (1000)), is there a default number of integration points that are used?

Thank you.
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Sunday, September 30, 2018 - 2:57 pm
The default is 15. The number used is shown in the output section called SUMMARY of ANALYSIS. See also the V8 UG on our website, pages 527-528.
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