Mplus VERSION 7.4
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
06/01/2016   8:07 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  data:
      file = MARn200replist.dat;
      type = montecarlo;
  variable:
      names = y x1-x4 z;
      usev = y x1-z;
      categorical = x3-x4;

  define:
      if(z*2 gt .5)then x1=_missing;
      if(z*1 gt .25)then x2=_missing;
      if(-z*1 gt .25)then x3=_missing;
      if(-z*2 gt .5)then x4=_missing;


  Analysis:
      estimator = bayes;
      process = 2;
      biter = (10000);
      mediator = observed;

  Model:
      y on x1-z*.5;
      y*1;
      x1-z with x1-z;




INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY




SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Average number of observations                                 200

Number of replications
    Requested                                                  500
    Completed                                                  500

Number of dependent variables                                    1
Number of independent variables                                  5
Number of continuous latent variables                            0

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   Y

  Binary and ordered categorical (ordinal)
   X3          X4

Observed independent variables
   X1          X2          X3          X4          Z


Estimator                                                    BAYES
Specifications for Bayesian Estimation
  Point estimate                                            MEDIAN
  Number of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) chains               2
  Random seed for the first chain                                0
  Starting value information                           UNPERTURBED
  Treatment of categorical mediator                       OBSERVED
  Algorithm used for Markov chain Monte Carlo           GIBBS(PX1)
  Convergence criterion                                  0.500D-01
  Maximum number of iterations                               50000
  K-th iteration used for thinning                               1

Input data file(s)
  Multiple data files from
    MARn200replist.dat
Input data format  FREE


SUMMARY OF DATA FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION



SUMMARY OF MISSING DATA PATTERNS FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION

     Number of missing data patterns             3


     MISSING DATA PATTERNS (x = not missing)

           1  2  3
 X3        x     x
 X4        x     x
 Y         x  x  x
 X1        x  x
 X2        x  x
 Z         x  x  x


     MISSING DATA PATTERN FREQUENCIES

    Pattern   Frequency     Pattern   Frequency     Pattern   Frequency
          1          37           2          83           3          80


COVARIANCE COVERAGE OF DATA FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION

Minimum covariance coverage value   0.100


     PROPORTION OF DATA PRESENT


           Covariance Coverage
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3             0.585
 X4             0.585         0.585
 Y              0.585         0.585         1.000
 X1             0.185         0.185         0.600         0.600
 X2             0.185         0.185         0.600         0.600         0.600
 Z              0.585         0.585         1.000         0.600         0.600


           Covariance Coverage
              Z
              ________
 Z              1.000


UNIVARIATE PROPORTIONS FOR CATEGORICAL VARIABLES FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION

    X3
      Category 1    0.761
      Category 2    0.239
    X4
      Category 1    0.821
      Category 2    0.179





MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                       25



MODEL RESULTS

                              ESTIMATES              S. E.     M. S. E.  95%  % Sig
                 Population   Average   Std. Dev.   Average             Cover Coeff
 Y          ON
  X1                  0.500     0.5106     0.1227     0.1214     0.0151 0.946 0.984
  X2                  0.500     0.5069     0.1212     0.1221     0.0147 0.948 0.972
  X3                  0.500     0.4765     0.3363     0.3345     0.1134 0.960 0.300
  X4                  0.500     0.5016     0.3459     0.3354     0.1194 0.950 0.332
  Z                   0.500     0.4991     0.1232     0.1245     0.0152 0.940 0.964

 X1       WITH
  X2                  0.000     0.4865     0.1171     0.1193     0.2504 0.000 1.000
  X3                  0.000     0.5048     0.1744     0.1712     0.2852 0.244 0.756
  X4                  0.000     0.5034     0.1678     0.1709     0.2815 0.238 0.762
  Z                   0.000     0.4870     0.1267     0.1246     0.2532 0.010 0.990

 X2       WITH
  X3                  0.000     0.5090     0.1830     0.1713     0.2925 0.252 0.748
  X4                  0.000     0.5004     0.1796     0.1721     0.2826 0.254 0.746
  Z                   0.000     0.4930     0.1256     0.1244     0.2588 0.008 0.992

 X3       WITH
  X4                  0.000     0.4845     0.1309     0.1390     0.2518 0.136 0.864
  Z                   0.000     0.4875     0.1287     0.1316     0.2541 0.132 0.868

 X4       WITH
  Z                   0.000     0.4967     0.1266     0.1301     0.2627 0.114 0.886

 Means
  X1                 -0.283    -0.0048     0.1042     0.1102     0.0881 0.264 0.032
  X2                 -0.283     0.0066     0.1120     0.1100     0.0963 0.220 0.064
  Z                   0.024     0.0026     0.0738     0.0707     0.0059 0.934 0.054

 Intercepts
  Y                   0.276    -0.0001     0.1180     0.1151     0.0904 0.332 0.058

 Thresholds
  X3$1                0.642     0.9935     0.1243     0.1246     0.1387 0.218 1.000
  X4$1                0.844     0.9933     0.1310     0.1243     0.0393 0.756 1.000

 Variances
  X1                  0.500     1.0051     0.1522     0.1555     0.2782 0.004 1.000
  X2                  0.500     1.0051     0.1451     0.1554     0.2761 0.002 1.000
  Z                   0.500     0.9975     0.1000     0.1013     0.2575 0.000 1.000

 Residual Variances
  Y                   1.000     1.0186     0.1172     0.1258     0.0140 0.958 1.000


TECHNICAL 1 OUTPUT


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION


           TAU
              X3$1          X4$1
              ________      ________
 1                 24            25


           NU
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 1                  0             0             0             0             0


           NU
              Z
              ________
 1                  0


           LAMBDA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3                 0             0             0             0             0
 X4                 0             0             0             0             0
 Y                  0             0             0             0             0
 X1                 0             0             0             0             0
 X2                 0             0             0             0             0
 Z                  0             0             0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              Z
              ________
 X3                 0
 X4                 0
 Y                  0
 X1                 0
 X2                 0
 Z                  0


           THETA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3                 0
 X4                 0             0
 Y                  0             0             0
 X1                 0             0             0             0
 X2                 0             0             0             0             0
 Z                  0             0             0             0             0


           THETA
              Z
              ________
 Z                  0


           ALPHA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 1                  0             0             1             2             3


           ALPHA
              Z
              ________
 1                  4


           BETA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3                 0             0             0             0             0
 X4                 0             0             0             0             0
 Y                  5             6             0             7             8
 X1                 0             0             0             0             0
 X2                 0             0             0             0             0
 Z                  0             0             0             0             0


           BETA
              Z
              ________
 X3                 0
 X4                 0
 Y                  9
 X1                 0
 X2                 0
 Z                  0


           PSI
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3                 0
 X4                10             0
 Y                  0             0            11
 X1                12            13             0            14
 X2                15            16             0            17            18
 Z                 19            20             0            21            22


           PSI
              Z
              ________
 Z                 23


     STARTING VALUES


           TAU
              X3$1          X4$1
              ________      ________
 1              0.642         0.844


           NU
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 1              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           NU
              Z
              ________
 1              0.000


           LAMBDA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3             1.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 X4             0.000         1.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Y              0.000         0.000         1.000         0.000         0.000
 X1             0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000         0.000
 X2             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              Z
              ________
 X3             0.000
 X4             0.000
 Y              0.000
 X1             0.000
 X2             0.000
 Z              1.000


           THETA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3             0.000
 X4             0.000         0.000
 Y              0.000         0.000         0.000
 X1             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 X2             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           THETA
              Z
              ________
 Z              0.000


           ALPHA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 1              0.000         0.000         0.276        -0.283        -0.283


           ALPHA
              Z
              ________
 1              0.024


           BETA
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 X4             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Y              0.500         0.500         0.000         0.500         0.500
 X1             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 X2             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              Z
              ________
 X3             0.000
 X4             0.000
 Y              0.500
 X1             0.000
 X2             0.000
 Z              0.000


           PSI
              X3            X4            Y             X1            X2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 X3             0.500
 X4             0.000         0.500
 Y              0.000         0.000         1.000
 X1             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.500
 X2             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.500
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              Z
              ________
 Z              0.500



     PRIORS FOR ALL PARAMETERS            PRIOR MEAN      PRIOR VARIANCE     PRIOR STD. DEV.

     Parameter 1~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 2~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 3~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 4~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 5~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 6~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 7~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 8~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 9~N(0.000,infinity)           0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 10~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 11~IG(-1.000,0.000)         infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 12~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 13~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 14~IW(1.000,6)
     Parameter 15~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 16~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 17~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 18~IW(1.000,6)
     Parameter 19~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 20~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 21~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 22~IW(0.000,6)
     Parameter 23~IW(1.000,6)
     Parameter 24~N(0.000,5.000)             0.0000              5.0000              2.2361
     Parameter 25~N(0.000,5.000)             0.0000              5.0000              2.2361


DIAGRAM INFORMATION

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