Mplus VERSION 8.8
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
04/19/2022  10:22 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  title:	this is an example of a CFA with continuous factor indicators

  montecarlo:
  	names = y1-y6;
  	nobs = 500;
  	nreps = 1;
  	save = ex5.1.dat;

  model montecarlo:
  	f1 by y1@1 y2-y3*1;
  	f2 by y4@1 y5-y6*.8;
  	y1-y6*1;
  	f1-f2*1;

  model:	
  	f1 by y1@1 y2-y3*1;
  	f2 by y4@1 y5-y6*.8;
  	y1-y6*1;
  	f1-f2*1;

  output:
  	tech9;




INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY



this is an example of a CFA with continuous factor indicators

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                         500

Number of replications
    Requested                                                    1
    Completed                                                    1
Value of seed                                                    0

Number of dependent variables                                    6
Number of independent variables                                  0
Number of continuous latent variables                            2

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   Y1          Y2          Y3          Y4          Y5          Y6

Continuous latent variables
   F1          F2


Estimator                                                       ML
Information matrix                                        OBSERVED
Maximum number of iterations                                  1000
Convergence criterion                                    0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations                   20



SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION


     SAMPLE STATISTICS


           Means
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
               -0.022         0.026         0.035        -0.022        -0.016


           Means
              Y6
              ________
                0.048


           Covariances
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.971
 Y2             1.022         1.949
 Y3             0.926         1.042         1.953
 Y4            -0.002        -0.069        -0.020         2.050
 Y5            -0.047        -0.067        -0.073         0.804         1.706
 Y6             0.032        -0.029         0.071         0.684         0.722


           Covariances
              Y6
              ________
 Y6             1.679


           Correlations
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.000
 Y2             0.521         1.000
 Y3             0.472         0.534         1.000
 Y4            -0.001        -0.035        -0.010         1.000
 Y5            -0.026        -0.036        -0.040         0.430         1.000
 Y6             0.018        -0.016         0.039         0.369         0.427


           Correlations
              Y6
              ________
 Y6             1.000


MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                       19

Loglikelihood

    H0 Value

        Mean                             -4906.609
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.980       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.950       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.900       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.800       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.700       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.500       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.300       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.200       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.100       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.050       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.020       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609
           0.010       0.000        -4906.609      -4906.609

    H1 Value

        Mean                             -4904.661
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.980       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.950       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.900       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.800       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.700       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.500       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.300       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.200       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.100       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.050       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.020       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661
           0.010       0.000        -4904.661      -4904.661

Information Criteria

    Akaike (AIC)

        Mean                              9851.218
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.980       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.950       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.900       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.800       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.700       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.500       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.300       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.200       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.100       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.050       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.020       0.000         9851.218       9851.218
           0.010       0.000         9851.218       9851.218

    Bayesian (BIC)

        Mean                              9931.295
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.980       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.950       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.900       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.800       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.700       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.500       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.300       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.200       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.100       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.050       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.020       0.000         9931.295       9931.295
           0.010       0.000         9931.295       9931.295

    Sample-Size Adjusted BIC (n* = (n + 2) / 24)

        Mean                              9870.988
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.980       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.950       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.900       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.800       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.700       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.500       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.300       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.200       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.100       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.050       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.020       0.000         9870.988       9870.988
           0.010       0.000         9870.988       9870.988

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit

        Degrees of freedom                       8

        Mean                                 3.896
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       1.000            1.646          3.896
           0.980       1.000            2.032          3.896
           0.950       1.000            2.733          3.896
           0.900       1.000            3.490          3.896
           0.800       0.000            4.594          3.896
           0.700       0.000            5.527          3.896
           0.500       0.000            7.344          3.896
           0.300       0.000            9.524          3.896
           0.200       0.000           11.030          3.896
           0.100       0.000           13.362          3.896
           0.050       0.000           15.507          3.896
           0.020       0.000           18.168          3.896
           0.010       0.000           20.090          3.896

RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)

        Mean                                 0.000
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

        Cumulative Distribution Function
           Value    Function Value
           0.990       1.000
           0.980       1.000
           0.950       1.000
           0.900       1.000
           0.800       1.000
           0.700       1.000
           0.500       1.000
           0.300       1.000
           0.200       1.000
           0.100       1.000
           0.050       1.000
           0.020       1.000
           0.010       1.000

CFI/TLI

    CFI

        Mean                                 1.000
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

        Cumulative Distribution Function
           Value    Function Value
           0.990       0.000
           0.980       0.000
           0.950       0.000
           0.900       0.000
           0.800       0.000
           0.700       0.000
           0.500       0.000
           0.300       0.000
           0.200       0.000
           0.100       0.000
           0.050       0.000
           0.020       0.000
           0.010       0.000

    TLI

        Mean                                 1.000
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

        Cumulative Distribution Function
           Value    Function Value
           0.990       0.000
           0.980       0.000
           0.950       0.000
           0.900       0.000
           0.800       0.000
           0.700       0.000
           0.500       0.000
           0.300       0.000
           0.200       0.000
           0.100       0.000
           0.050       0.000
           0.020       0.000
           0.010       0.000

SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)

        Mean                                 0.014
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

        Cumulative Distribution Function
           Value    Function Value
           0.990       1.000
           0.980       1.000
           0.950       1.000
           0.900       1.000
           0.800       1.000
           0.700       1.000
           0.500       1.000
           0.300       1.000
           0.200       1.000
           0.100       1.000
           0.050       1.000
           0.020       1.000
           0.010       0.000


MODEL RESULTS

                              ESTIMATES              S. E.     M. S. E.  95%  % Sig
                 Population   Average   Std. Dev.   Average             Cover Coeff

 F1       BY
  Y1                  1.000     1.0000     0.0000     0.0000     0.0000 1.000 0.000
  Y2                  1.000     1.1272     0.0000     0.0992     0.0162 1.000 1.000
  Y3                  1.000     1.0200     0.0000     0.0889     0.0004 1.000 1.000

 F2       BY
  Y4                  1.000     1.0000     0.0000     0.0000     0.0000 1.000 0.000
  Y5                  0.800     1.0583     0.0000     0.1290     0.0667 0.000 1.000
  Y6                  0.800     0.8973     0.0000     0.1052     0.0095 1.000 1.000

 F2       WITH
  F1                  0.000    -0.0301     0.0000     0.0516     0.0009 1.000 0.000

 Intercepts
  Y1                  0.000    -0.0222     0.0000     0.0628     0.0005 1.000 0.000
  Y2                  0.000     0.0256     0.0000     0.0624     0.0007 1.000 0.000
  Y3                  0.000     0.0347     0.0000     0.0625     0.0012 1.000 0.000
  Y4                  0.000    -0.0224     0.0000     0.0640     0.0005 1.000 0.000
  Y5                  0.000    -0.0158     0.0000     0.0584     0.0002 1.000 0.000
  Y6                  0.000     0.0477     0.0000     0.0579     0.0023 1.000 0.000

 Variances
  F1                  1.000     0.9063     0.0000     0.1250     0.0088 1.000 1.000
  F2                  1.000     0.7605     0.0000     0.1326     0.0574 1.000 1.000

 Residual Variances
  Y1                  1.000     1.0645     0.0000     0.0957     0.0042 1.000 1.000
  Y2                  1.000     0.7974     0.0000     0.1001     0.0411 0.000 1.000
  Y3                  1.000     1.0097     0.0000     0.0953     0.0001 1.000 1.000
  Y4                  1.000     1.2896     0.0000     0.1187     0.0839 0.000 1.000
  Y5                  1.000     0.8544     0.0000     0.1107     0.0212 1.000 1.000
  Y6                  1.000     1.0663     0.0000     0.0967     0.0044 1.000 1.000


QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS

     Average Condition Number for the Information Matrix      0.410E-01
       (ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)


TECHNICAL OUTPUT


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                  1             2             3             4             5


           NU
              Y6
              ________
                  6


           LAMBDA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 Y1                 0             0
 Y2                 7             0
 Y3                 8             0
 Y4                 0             0
 Y5                 0             9
 Y6                 0            10


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1                11
 Y2                 0            12
 Y3                 0             0            13
 Y4                 0             0             0            14
 Y5                 0             0             0             0            15
 Y6                 0             0             0             0             0


           THETA
              Y6
              ________
 Y6                16


           ALPHA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
                  0             0


           BETA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 F1                 0             0
 F2                 0             0


           PSI
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 F1                17
 F2                18            19


     STARTING VALUES


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           NU
              Y6
              ________
                0.000


           LAMBDA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 Y1             1.000         0.000
 Y2             1.125         0.000
 Y3             1.020         0.000
 Y4             0.000         1.000
 Y5             0.000         0.800
 Y6             0.000         0.800


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.000
 Y2             0.000         1.000
 Y3             0.000         0.000         1.000
 Y4             0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000
 Y5             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000
 Y6             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           THETA
              Y6
              ________
 Y6             1.000


           ALPHA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           BETA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 F1             0.000         0.000
 F2             0.000         0.000


           PSI
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 F1             1.000
 F2             0.000         1.000


     POPULATION VALUES


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           NU
              Y6
              ________
                0.000


           LAMBDA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 Y1             1.000         0.000
 Y2             1.000         0.000
 Y3             1.000         0.000
 Y4             0.000         1.000
 Y5             0.000         0.800
 Y6             0.000         0.800


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Y5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.000
 Y2             0.000         1.000
 Y3             0.000         0.000         1.000
 Y4             0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000
 Y5             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000
 Y6             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           THETA
              Y6
              ________
 Y6             1.000


           ALPHA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           BETA
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 F1             0.000         0.000
 F2             0.000         0.000


           PSI
              F1            F2
              ________      ________
 F1             1.000
 F2             0.000         1.000


TECHNICAL 9 OUTPUT

  Error messages for each replication (if any)



SAVEDATA INFORMATION

  Order of variables

    Y1
    Y2
    Y3
    Y4
    Y5
    Y6

  Save file
    ex5.1.dat

  Save file format           Free
  Save file record length    10000


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