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Chi-square value Mplus vs. Lisrel |
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Hi all, I recently switched from Lisrel to Mplus. While I was rerunning some measurement models, I was suprised by large differences in the chi-square values that are reported by Mplus and Lisrel. Is there a simple explanation for this difference? (sorry if this question has been answered already...) Model specifications: one factor loads on 4 categorical (ordinal) indicators (4 categories each). WLS-estimation is specified. Results: Lisrel and Mplus report very similar (though not equal) estimates for the factor loadings, factor variance and the thresholds. However, the reported chi-square values, and consequently the derived fit indices, differ widly: Lisrel: Minimum Fit Function Chi-Square = 12.98 (df=2), RMSEA = 0,057 Mplus: Chi-Square Value = 74.107 (df=2), RMSEA = 0,146 Thanks for your help! Bart |
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I think the difference is that you are using WLSMV in Mplus and WLSM in LISREL. The only value that is relevant for WLSMV is the p-value. The chi-square value and the degrees of freedom are not the regular statistics. The following paper discusses the Mplus estimators: Muthén, B., du Toit, S.H.C. & Spisic, D. (1997). Robust inference using weighted least squares and quadratic estimating equations in latent variable modeling with categorical and continuous outcomes. Accepted for publication in Psychometrika. (#75) You can request it from bmuthen@ucla.edu. |
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Thanks for your immediate reply. I think in both analyses wls was used (and thus not wlsm or wlsmv), because I specified this explicitely in the model (in mplus: 'estimator=wls', in Lisrel 'wls' as output option). But maybe I am doing something wrong. My question is in the first place a practical one. The Lisrel fit indices suggest that the model is maybe not good but acceptable, the mplus indices completely reject the model. How do I decide which option is the correct one? |
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The Muthen et al paper (#75) that you requested describes how WLS performs poorly unless the model is very small and the sample very large. It shows that the Mplus WLSMV estimator works well. I would use WLSMV. In terms of fit indices I would largely rely on CFI. I, however, am more inclined to work with neighboring models, testing the model at hand against not the totally unrestricted model, but against a somewhat less restrictive model. This can be done in Mplus using DIFFEST (see the UG). |
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Mahdi posted on Friday, May 02, 2014 - 9:17 am
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Dears Prof. Muthen, I run the example 3.11(Path analysis with continuous dependent variables) of your users guide in V6. Then I run the model on LISREL v 8.54(2003). Data, model specification, number of parameters, DF and method of estimation (ML) are same in two packages but the results is different in Chi2 value, RMSEA, parameters estimation and . . . !! ### model in Lisrel: Raw Data from file 'C:\PA.psf' Sample Size = 500 Relationships Y1 = X1 X2 X3 Y2 = X1 X2 X3 Y3 = Y1 X2 Y2 Print Residual Options: ND=3 Path Diagram End of Problem Also I run this model with covariance matrix in LISREL and there was still the problem. As you seen following is the result of LISREL: Chi-Square=609.02, df=3, P-value=0.00000, RMSEA=0.638, (RMSEA < 0.05) = 0.000 RMSEA = (0.596 ; 0.681) What causes this problem? Thaks a lot |
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I would need to see the output from Mplus and the output from LISREL and your license number to be able to say anything about this. |
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Mahdi posted on Friday, May 02, 2014 - 10:50 am
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Dear Dr.Mutten, Thank you for immediate response. What is your E-mail? |
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Mahdi posted on Friday, May 02, 2014 - 12:16 pm
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I sent the Outputs to this Email: support@statmodel.com Thank you again. |
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