Mplus VERSION 5.1
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
05/05/2008 9:19 PM
INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
Title:
catex5.inp
Multiple-group analysis
1-factor CFA on 8 items
selected from EFA
Data:
file is asb.dat;
format is 34X 54F2.0;
Variable:
names are property fight shoplift lt50 gt50 force threat injure pot drug
soldpot solddrug con auto bldg goods gambling
dsm1-dsm22 sex black hisp single divorce dropout college onset fh1 fh2 fh3
age94 cohort dep abuse;
usev are property shoplift lt50 gt50
con auto bldg goods;
categorical are property shoplift lt50 gt50
con auto bldg goods;
grouping = sex (0 = female 1= male)
Analysis:
type = meanstructure;
Model:
f by property-goods;
Output:
standardized tech2;
*** WARNING in ANALYSIS command
Starting with Version 5, TYPE=MEANSTRUCTURE is the default for all
analyses. To remove means from the model, use
MODEL=NOMEANSTRUCTURE in the ANALYSIS command.
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catex5.inp
Multiple-group analysis
1-factor CFA on 8 items
selected from EFA
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
Number of groups 2
Number of observations
Group FEMALE 3751
Group MALE 3575
Number of dependent variables 8
Number of independent variables 0
Number of continuous latent variables 1
Observed dependent variables
Binary and ordered categorical (ordinal)
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50 GT50 CON AUTO
BLDG GOODS
Continuous latent variables
F
Variables with special functions
Grouping variable SEX
Estimator WLSMV
Maximum number of iterations 1000
Convergence criterion 0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations 20
Parameterization DELTA
Input data file(s)
asb.dat
Input data format
(34X 54F2.0)
SUMMARY OF CATEGORICAL DATA PROPORTIONS
Group FEMALE
PROPERTY
Category 1 0.903
Category 2 0.097
SHOPLIFT
Category 1 0.771
Category 2 0.229
LT50
Category 1 0.875
Category 2 0.125
GT50
Category 1 0.983
Category 2 0.017
CON
Category 1 0.810
Category 2 0.190
AUTO
Category 1 0.947
Category 2 0.053
BLDG
Category 1 0.985
Category 2 0.015
GOODS
Category 1 0.951
Category 2 0.049
Group MALE
PROPERTY
Category 1 0.723
Category 2 0.277
SHOPLIFT
Category 1 0.700
Category 2 0.300
LT50
Category 1 0.748
Category 2 0.252
GT50
Category 1 0.917
Category 2 0.083
CON
Category 1 0.740
Category 2 0.260
AUTO
Category 1 0.891
Category 2 0.109
BLDG
Category 1 0.900
Category 2 0.100
GOODS
Category 1 0.822
Category 2 0.178
THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY
TESTS OF MODEL FIT
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Value 146.518*
Degrees of Freedom 40**
P-Value 0.0000
Chi-Square Contributions From Each Group
FEMALE 65.476
MALE 81.043
* The chi-square value for MLM, MLMV, MLR, ULSMV, WLSM and WLSMV cannot be used
for chi-square difference tests. MLM, MLR and WLSM chi-square difference
testing is described in the Mplus Technical Appendices at www.statmodel.com.
See chi-square difference testing in the index of the Mplus User's Guide.
** The degrees of freedom for MLMV, ULSMV and WLSMV are estimated according to
a formula given in the Mplus Technical Appendices at www.statmodel.com.
See degrees of freedom in the index of the Mplus User's Guide.
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model
Value 8150.558
Degrees of Freedom 33
P-Value 0.0000
CFI/TLI
CFI 0.987
TLI 0.989
Number of Free Parameters 26
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)
Estimate 0.027
WRMR (Weighted Root Mean Square Residual)
Value 1.860
MODEL RESULTS
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
Group FEMALE
F BY
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
SHOPLIFT 0.817 0.036 22.745 0.000
LT50 0.865 0.034 25.131 0.000
GT50 0.858 0.048 17.936 0.000
CON 0.634 0.030 21.087 0.000
AUTO 0.588 0.037 15.820 0.000
BLDG 0.967 0.047 20.389 0.000
GOODS 0.958 0.039 24.610 0.000
Means
F 0.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 1.263 0.027 46.648 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.763 0.022 34.526 0.000
LT50$1 1.141 0.025 45.620 0.000
GT50$1 2.110 0.048 44.399 0.000
CON$1 0.909 0.023 40.056 0.000
AUTO$1 1.639 0.033 49.633 0.000
BLDG$1 2.176 0.050 43.548 0.000
GOODS$1 1.625 0.033 48.770 0.000
Variances
F 0.592 0.034 17.217 0.000
Scales
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
SHOPLIFT 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
LT50 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
GT50 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
CON 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
AUTO 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
BLDG 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
GOODS 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Group MALE
F BY
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
SHOPLIFT 0.817 0.036 22.745 0.000
LT50 0.865 0.034 25.131 0.000
GT50 0.858 0.048 17.936 0.000
CON 0.634 0.030 21.087 0.000
AUTO 0.588 0.037 15.820 0.000
BLDG 0.967 0.047 20.389 0.000
GOODS 0.958 0.039 24.610 0.000
Means
F 0.010 0.127 0.078 0.938
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 1.263 0.027 46.648 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.763 0.022 34.526 0.000
LT50$1 1.141 0.025 45.620 0.000
GT50$1 2.110 0.048 44.399 0.000
CON$1 0.909 0.023 40.056 0.000
AUTO$1 1.639 0.033 49.633 0.000
BLDG$1 2.176 0.050 43.548 0.000
GOODS$1 1.625 0.033 48.770 0.000
Variances
F 2.006 0.392 5.115 0.000
Scales
PROPERTY 0.508 0.050 10.160 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.654 0.076 8.643 0.000
LT50 0.600 0.059 10.227 0.000
GT50 0.661 0.041 16.037 0.000
CON 0.662 0.064 10.354 0.000
AUTO 0.745 0.042 17.874 0.000
BLDG 0.589 0.040 14.592 0.000
GOODS 0.587 0.048 12.167 0.000
IRT PARAMETERIZATION IN TWO-PARAMETER PROBIT METRIC
WHERE THE PROBIT IS DISCRIMINATION*(THETA - DIFFICULTY)
Group FEMALE
Item Discriminations
F BY
PROPERTY 1.204 0.086 14.055 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.808 0.048 16.776 0.000
LT50 0.891 0.051 17.454 0.000
GT50 0.878 0.080 10.983 0.000
CON 0.558 0.031 17.920 0.000
AUTO 0.507 0.038 13.211 0.000
BLDG 1.113 0.108 10.327 0.000
GOODS 1.091 0.082 13.283 0.000
Means
F 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Item Difficulties
PROPERTY$1 1.642 0.056 29.190 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 1.214 0.054 22.287 0.000
LT50$1 1.715 0.061 28.067 0.000
GT50$1 3.198 0.169 18.880 0.000
CON$1 1.864 0.083 22.444 0.000
AUTO$1 3.621 0.221 16.393 0.000
BLDG$1 2.925 0.139 21.113 0.000
GOODS$1 2.204 0.083 26.556 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Group MALE
Item Discriminations
F BY
PROPERTY 1.035 0.048 21.721 0.000
SHOPLIFT 1.156 0.056 20.522 0.000
LT50 1.083 0.051 21.100 0.000
GT50 1.349 0.098 13.773 0.000
CON 0.739 0.038 19.347 0.000
AUTO 0.792 0.050 15.841 0.000
BLDG 1.368 0.091 15.059 0.000
GOODS 1.319 0.069 19.060 0.000
Means
F 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Item Difficulties
PROPERTY$1 0.885 0.033 26.591 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.652 0.032 20.635 0.000
LT50$1 0.924 0.035 26.661 0.000
GT50$1 1.730 0.061 28.321 0.000
CON$1 1.006 0.046 22.093 0.000
AUTO$1 1.959 0.090 21.834 0.000
BLDG$1 1.582 0.053 29.860 0.000
GOODS$1 1.190 0.038 31.140 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
STANDARDIZED MODEL RESULTS
STDYX Standardization
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
Group FEMALE
F BY
PROPERTY 0.769 0.022 34.433 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.628 0.023 27.723 0.000
LT50 0.665 0.021 31.314 0.000
GT50 0.660 0.034 19.454 0.000
CON 0.487 0.021 23.505 0.000
AUTO 0.453 0.027 16.613 0.000
BLDG 0.744 0.032 23.131 0.000
GOODS 0.737 0.025 29.108 0.000
Means
F 0.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 1.263 0.027 46.648 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.763 0.022 34.526 0.000
LT50$1 1.141 0.025 45.620 0.000
GT50$1 2.110 0.048 44.399 0.000
CON$1 0.909 0.023 40.056 0.000
AUTO$1 1.639 0.033 49.633 0.000
BLDG$1 2.176 0.050 43.548 0.000
GOODS$1 1.625 0.033 48.770 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Scales
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
SHOPLIFT 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
LT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
CON 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
AUTO 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
BLDG 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GOODS 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Group MALE
F BY
PROPERTY 0.719 0.016 45.009 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.756 0.016 47.969 0.000
LT50 0.735 0.016 45.845 0.000
GT50 0.803 0.021 38.856 0.000
CON 0.594 0.020 29.903 0.000
AUTO 0.621 0.024 25.768 0.000
BLDG 0.807 0.019 43.248 0.000
GOODS 0.797 0.015 52.245 0.000
Means
F 0.007 0.090 0.078 0.938
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 0.641 0.063 10.121 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.499 0.061 8.120 0.000
LT50$1 0.684 0.067 10.188 0.000
GT50$1 1.395 0.079 17.760 0.000
CON$1 0.602 0.057 10.591 0.000
AUTO$1 1.220 0.063 19.399 0.000
BLDG$1 1.283 0.079 16.334 0.000
GOODS$1 0.954 0.075 12.753 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Scales
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
SHOPLIFT 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
LT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
CON 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
AUTO 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
BLDG 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GOODS 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
STDY Standardization
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
Group FEMALE
F BY
PROPERTY 0.769 0.022 34.433 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.628 0.023 27.723 0.000
LT50 0.665 0.021 31.314 0.000
GT50 0.660 0.034 19.454 0.000
CON 0.487 0.021 23.505 0.000
AUTO 0.453 0.027 16.613 0.000
BLDG 0.744 0.032 23.131 0.000
GOODS 0.737 0.025 29.108 0.000
Means
F 0.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 1.263 0.027 46.648 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.763 0.022 34.526 0.000
LT50$1 1.141 0.025 45.620 0.000
GT50$1 2.110 0.048 44.399 0.000
CON$1 0.909 0.023 40.056 0.000
AUTO$1 1.639 0.033 49.633 0.000
BLDG$1 2.176 0.050 43.548 0.000
GOODS$1 1.625 0.033 48.770 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Scales
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
SHOPLIFT 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
LT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
CON 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
AUTO 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
BLDG 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GOODS 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Group MALE
F BY
PROPERTY 0.719 0.016 45.009 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.756 0.016 47.969 0.000
LT50 0.735 0.016 45.845 0.000
GT50 0.803 0.021 38.856 0.000
CON 0.594 0.020 29.903 0.000
AUTO 0.621 0.024 25.768 0.000
BLDG 0.807 0.019 43.248 0.000
GOODS 0.797 0.015 52.245 0.000
Means
F 0.007 0.090 0.078 0.938
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 0.641 0.063 10.121 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.499 0.061 8.120 0.000
LT50$1 0.684 0.067 10.188 0.000
GT50$1 1.395 0.079 17.760 0.000
CON$1 0.602 0.057 10.591 0.000
AUTO$1 1.220 0.063 19.399 0.000
BLDG$1 1.283 0.079 16.334 0.000
GOODS$1 0.954 0.075 12.753 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Scales
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
SHOPLIFT 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
LT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GT50 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
CON 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
AUTO 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
BLDG 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GOODS 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
STD Standardization
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
Group FEMALE
F BY
PROPERTY 0.769 0.022 34.433 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.628 0.023 27.723 0.000
LT50 0.665 0.021 31.314 0.000
GT50 0.660 0.034 19.454 0.000
CON 0.487 0.021 23.505 0.000
AUTO 0.453 0.027 16.613 0.000
BLDG 0.744 0.032 23.131 0.000
GOODS 0.737 0.025 29.108 0.000
Means
F 0.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 1.263 0.027 46.648 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.763 0.022 34.526 0.000
LT50$1 1.141 0.025 45.620 0.000
GT50$1 2.110 0.048 44.399 0.000
CON$1 0.909 0.023 40.056 0.000
AUTO$1 1.639 0.033 49.633 0.000
BLDG$1 2.176 0.050 43.548 0.000
GOODS$1 1.625 0.033 48.770 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Scales
PROPERTY 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
SHOPLIFT 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
LT50 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
GT50 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
CON 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
AUTO 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
BLDG 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
GOODS 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Group MALE
F BY
PROPERTY 1.416 0.138 10.230 0.000
SHOPLIFT 1.157 0.130 8.874 0.000
LT50 1.225 0.121 10.138 0.000
GT50 1.215 0.085 14.220 0.000
CON 0.898 0.089 10.086 0.000
AUTO 0.833 0.060 13.793 0.000
BLDG 1.370 0.103 13.307 0.000
GOODS 1.358 0.116 11.720 0.000
Means
F 0.007 0.090 0.078 0.938
Thresholds
PROPERTY$1 1.263 0.027 46.648 0.000
SHOPLIFT$1 0.763 0.022 34.526 0.000
LT50$1 1.141 0.025 45.620 0.000
GT50$1 2.110 0.048 44.399 0.000
CON$1 0.909 0.023 40.056 0.000
AUTO$1 1.639 0.033 49.633 0.000
BLDG$1 2.176 0.050 43.548 0.000
GOODS$1 1.625 0.033 48.770 0.000
Variances
F 1.000 0.000 999.000 999.000
Scales
PROPERTY 0.508 0.050 10.160 0.000
SHOPLIFT 0.654 0.076 8.643 0.000
LT50 0.600 0.059 10.227 0.000
GT50 0.661 0.041 16.037 0.000
CON 0.662 0.064 10.354 0.000
AUTO 0.745 0.042 17.874 0.000
BLDG 0.589 0.040 14.592 0.000
GOODS 0.587 0.048 12.167 0.000
R-SQUARE
Group FEMALE
Observed Two-Tailed Residual
Variable Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value Variance
PROPERTY 0.592 0.034 17.217 0.000 0.408
SHOPLIFT 0.395 0.028 13.862 0.000 0.605
LT50 0.443 0.028 15.657 0.000 0.557
GT50 0.435 0.045 9.727 0.000 0.565
CON 0.238 0.020 11.753 0.000 0.762
AUTO 0.205 0.025 8.307 0.000 0.795
BLDG 0.554 0.048 11.566 0.000 0.446
GOODS 0.544 0.037 14.554 0.000 0.456
Group MALE
Observed Two-Tailed Residual
Variable Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value Variance
PROPERTY 0.517 0.023 22.504 0.000 1.871
SHOPLIFT 0.572 0.024 23.985 0.000 1.001
LT50 0.540 0.024 22.923 0.000 1.280
GT50 0.646 0.033 19.428 0.000 0.811
CON 0.353 0.024 14.951 0.000 1.476
AUTO 0.385 0.030 12.884 0.000 1.108
BLDG 0.652 0.030 21.624 0.000 1.003
GOODS 0.635 0.024 26.122 0.000 1.059
QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS
Condition Number for the Information Matrix 0.254E-03
(ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)
TECHNICAL 2 OUTPUT
DERIVATIVES FOR FEMALE
Derivatives With Respect to TAU
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50$1 GT50$1 CON$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.006 0.005 -0.002 0.000 0.008
Derivatives With Respect to TAU
AUTO$1 BLDG$1 GOODS$1
________ ________ ________
1 0.002 0.000 -0.004
Derivatives With Respect to NU
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50 GT50 CON
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.006 -0.005 0.002 0.000 -0.008
Derivatives With Respect to NU
AUTO BLDG GOODS
________ ________ ________
1 -0.002 0.000 0.004
Derivatives With Respect to LAMBDA
F
________
PROPERTY 0.008
SHOPLIFT -0.005
LT50 0.002
GT50 0.000
CON -0.011
AUTO -0.007
BLDG 0.000
GOODS 0.006
Derivatives With Respect to ALPHA
F
________
1 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to BETA
F
________
F 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to PSI
F
________
F 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to DELTA
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50 GT50 CON
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to DELTA
AUTO BLDG GOODS
________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000
DERIVATIVES FOR MALE
Derivatives With Respect to TAU
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50$1 GT50$1 CON$1
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.006 -0.005 0.002 0.000 -0.008
Derivatives With Respect to TAU
AUTO$1 BLDG$1 GOODS$1
________ ________ ________
1 -0.002 0.000 0.004
Derivatives With Respect to NU
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50 GT50 CON
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 -0.006 0.005 -0.002 0.000 0.008
Derivatives With Respect to NU
AUTO BLDG GOODS
________ ________ ________
1 0.002 0.000 -0.004
Derivatives With Respect to LAMBDA
F
________
PROPERTY -0.008
SHOPLIFT 0.005
LT50 -0.002
GT50 0.000
CON 0.011
AUTO 0.007
BLDG 0.000
GOODS -0.006
Derivatives With Respect to ALPHA
F
________
1 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to BETA
F
________
F 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to PSI
F
________
F 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to DELTA
PROPERTY SHOPLIFT LT50 GT50 CON
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Derivatives With Respect to DELTA
AUTO BLDG GOODS
________ ________ ________
1 0.000 0.000 0.000
Beginning Time: 21:19:36
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Elapsed Time: 00:00:01
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