Mplus VERSION 7.4
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INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
TITLE:
Multinomial regression of antisocial behavior in the NLSY
DATA:
FILE = ASBcprobs5.dat;
VARIABLE:
NAMES = property fight shoplift lt50 gt50 force threat injure pot drug
soldpot solddrug con auto bldg goods gambling
male black age94 dropout cprob1-cprob5 u;
! u is type of antisocial behavior:
! all (1), property (2), drug (3), person (4), normative (5)
! age94 is scored 0-7 for ages 16-23
USEVARiables = male-dropout u;
nominal = u;
Analysis:
estimator = ml;
model:
u on male-dropout;
plot:
type = plot3;
INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY
Multinomial regression of antisocial behavior in the NLSY
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
Number of groups 1
Number of observations 7326
Number of dependent variables 1
Number of independent variables 4
Number of continuous latent variables 0
Observed dependent variables
Unordered categorical (nominal)
U
Observed independent variables
MALE BLACK AGE94 DROPOUT
Estimator ML
Information matrix OBSERVED
Optimization Specifications for the Quasi-Newton Algorithm for
Continuous Outcomes
Maximum number of iterations 100
Convergence criterion 0.100D-05
Optimization Specifications for the EM Algorithm
Maximum number of iterations 500
Convergence criteria
Loglikelihood change 0.100D-02
Relative loglikelihood change 0.100D-05
Derivative 0.100D-02
Optimization Specifications for the M step of the EM Algorithm for
Categorical Latent variables
Number of M step iterations 1
M step convergence criterion 0.100D-02
Basis for M step termination ITERATION
Optimization Specifications for the M step of the EM Algorithm for
Censored, Binary or Ordered Categorical (Ordinal), Unordered
Categorical (Nominal) and Count Outcomes
Number of M step iterations 1
M step convergence criterion 0.100D-02
Basis for M step termination ITERATION
Maximum value for logit thresholds 15
Minimum value for logit thresholds -15
Minimum expected cell size for chi-square 0.100D-01
Optimization algorithm EMA
Integration Specifications
Type STANDARD
Number of integration points 15
Dimensions of numerical integration 0
Adaptive quadrature ON
Cholesky OFF
Input data file(s)
ASBcprobs5.dat
Input data format FREE
UNIVARIATE PROPORTIONS AND COUNTS FOR CATEGORICAL VARIABLES
U
Category 1 0.019 136.000
Category 2 0.112 823.000
Category 3 0.162 1190.000
Category 4 0.259 1895.000
Category 5 0.448 3282.000
THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY
MODEL FIT INFORMATION
Number of Free Parameters 20
Loglikelihood
H0 Value -9191.205
Information Criteria
Akaike (AIC) 18422.411
Bayesian (BIC) 18560.394
Sample-Size Adjusted BIC 18496.839
(n* = (n + 2) / 24)
MODEL RESULTS
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
U#1 ON
MALE 2.924 0.317 9.228 0.000
BLACK -0.148 0.201 -0.738 0.460
AGE94 -0.145 0.042 -3.423 0.001
DROPOUT 0.882 0.208 4.250 0.000
U#2 ON
MALE 1.600 0.089 18.054 0.000
BLACK -0.114 0.090 -1.268 0.205
AGE94 -0.142 0.019 -7.435 0.000
DROPOUT 0.426 0.110 3.868 0.000
U#3 ON
MALE 0.159 0.069 2.289 0.022
BLACK -0.670 0.084 -7.949 0.000
AGE94 0.080 0.016 5.164 0.000
DROPOUT -0.282 0.115 -2.452 0.014
U#4 ON
MALE 0.848 0.060 14.243 0.000
BLACK 0.402 0.062 6.478 0.000
AGE94 -0.133 0.014 -9.582 0.000
DROPOUT 0.042 0.089 0.474 0.635
Intercepts
U#1 -4.930 0.328 -15.039 0.000
U#2 -1.926 0.093 -20.712 0.000
U#3 -1.154 0.072 -16.085 0.000
U#4 -0.722 0.061 -11.771 0.000
LOGISTIC REGRESSION ODDS RATIO RESULTS
U#1 ON
MALE 18.616
BLACK 0.862
AGE94 0.865
DROPOUT 2.416
U#2 ON
MALE 4.952
BLACK 0.892
AGE94 0.868
DROPOUT 1.531
U#3 ON
MALE 1.172
BLACK 0.511
AGE94 1.084
DROPOUT 0.754
U#4 ON
MALE 2.335
BLACK 1.494
AGE94 0.875
DROPOUT 1.043
QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS
Condition Number for the Information Matrix 0.232E-03
(ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)
PLOT INFORMATION
The following plots are available:
Histograms (sample values)
Scatterplots (sample values)
Sample proportions, estimated and conditional estimated probabilities
DIAGRAM INFORMATION
Use View Diagram under the Diagram menu in the Mplus Editor to view the diagram.
If running Mplus from the Mplus Diagrammer, the diagram opens automatically.
Diagram output
c:\users\gryphon\desktop\chapter5\ex5.22.dgm
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