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Multiple Group CFA with binary data |
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Ryan Hong posted on Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 1:25 am
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Hello, I am trying to conduct a multiple group CFA (groups = S & P) with 10 binary items loading on 3 factors. I started with the configural model here. ***** USEVARIABLES ARE m1-m10; GROUPING IS Group (0=S 1=P); CATEGORICAL ARE m1-m10; Parameterization = theta; MODEL: affect BY m4@1 (L4) m5* (L5); impul BY m1@1 (L1) m2* (L2) m3* (L3) m6* (L6) m10* (L10); self BY m7@1 (L7) m8* (L8) m9* (L9); [m1$1*] (I1); [m2$1*] (I2); ... [m10$1*] (I10); affect* impul* self*; affect WITH impul*; affect WITH self*; impul WITH self*; MODEL S: In Model S, the commands are repeated but without labels. I got an error message: THE STANDARD ERRORS OF THE MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATES COULD NOT BE COMPUTED. THE MODEL MAY NOT BE IDENTIFIED. CHECK YOUR MODEL. PROBLEM INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING PARAMETER: Parameter 42, Group P: M2 The parameter is the theta for m2. Is there anything I can do to resolve this? Thank you! |
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Please send the full output and your license number to Support. |
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Hello! I am using MGCFA to examine measurement invariance with categorical indicators. One of the scales (4 items) I am examining has passed the configural invariance step but did not show adequate fit for scalar invariance. I am proceeding to measure for partial scalar invariance (DIFFTEST compared with configural model) by constraining factor loadings and thresholds one item at a time while relaxing other items (factor loadings and thresholds). However, I am receiving the following error: THE CHI-SQUARE COMPUTATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF A SINGULAR MATRIX. I wonder why I am receiving this error since I have used this same analysis for the other scales I am examining and was able to compute all calculations with the same data set, except with the specific scale mentioned above. I changed one of the items on the scale just to see if that made a difference and it was able to compute but the DIFFTEST could not be computed and gave this error: THE CHI-SQUARE DIFFERENCE TEST COULD NOT BE COMPUTED BECAUSE THE H0 MODEL MAY NOT BE NESTED IN THE H1 MODEL. DECREASING THE CONVERGENCE OPTION MAY RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. Thank you! |
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Please send both outputs and the data to Support along with your license number so we can investigate this. |
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