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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