Technical Appendices

Click here for the technical appendices covering theory behind Mplus through Version 2. Following are links to technical information for Mplus Version 3, Version 4, and Version 5.

• Weighted Least Squares for Categorical Variables
• Chi-Square Difference Testing
• Complex Survey Data Analysis
• Scaling of Sampling Weights for Two-Level Models
• Continuous-Time Survival Analysis
• DIFFTEST
• IRT
• Random Starts
• Standardized Coefficients and Their Standard Errors
• Standardized and Normalized Residuals
• Mixture Exploratory Factor Analysis
• Equality Test of Means Across Latent Classes Using Wald Chi-Square Based on Draws From Posterior Probabilities
• Two-Level Weighted Least Squares Estimation. Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meeting, August 2007, Biometrics Section
• Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
• Auxiliary Variables Predicting Missing Data
• Chi-Square Statistics with Multiple Imputation
• Weighted Least Squares Estimation with Missing Data
• C on C and X

Technical Appendices Related to New Features in Version 6

• Bayesian analysis
  • Multiple imputation with Mplus
  • Bayesian analysis of latent variable models using Mplus
  • Bayesian analysis using Mplus: Technical implementation
  • Plausible values for latent variables using Mplus
• Simple second order chi-square correction
• Resampling methods in Mplus for complex survey data
• Pearson and log-likelihood chi-square test of fit for latent class analysis estimated with complex samples