Mplus VERSION 8.8
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04/19/2022  11:21 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  TITLE:      this is an example of longitudinal modeling using a
              cross-classified data approach where observations
              are nested within the cross-classification of
              time and subjects
  DATA:       FILE = ex9.27.dat;
  VARIABLE:   NAMES = y1-y3 time subject;
              USEVARIABLES = y1-y3 timescor;
              CLUSTER = subject time;
              WITHIN = timescor (time) y1-y3;
  DEFINE:     timescor = (time-1)/100;
  ANALYSIS:   TYPE = CROSSCLASSIFIED RANDOM;
      		ESTIMATOR = BAYES;
              PROCESSORS = 2;
              BITERATIONS = (1000);
  MODEL:      %WITHIN%
      		s1-s3 | f BY y1-y3;
              f@1;
              s | f ON timescor;
              y1-y3; [y1-y3@0];
      		%BETWEEN time% ! time variation
      		s1-s3; [s1-s3];
              y1-y3; [y1-y3@0];
              s@0; [s@0];
      		%BETWEEN subject% ! subject variation
      		f; [f];  	
    		    s1-s3@0; [s1-s3@0];
              s; [s];
  OUTPUT:     TECH1 TECH8;




INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY



this is an example of longitudinal modeling using a
cross-classified data approach where observations
are nested within the cross-classification of
time and subjects

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                        7500

Number of dependent variables                                    3
Number of independent variables                                  1
Number of continuous latent variables                            5

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   Y1          Y2          Y3

Observed independent variables
   TIMESCOR

Continuous latent variables
   F           S1          S2          S3          S

Variables with special functions

  Cluster variables     SUBJECT   TIME

  Within variables
   TIMESCOR

  Level 1 and level 2a between variables
   Y1          Y2          Y3


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
  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)
  ex9.27.dat
Input data format  FREE


SUMMARY OF DATA

     Cluster information for TIME

       Number of clusters                      100

       Size (s)    Cluster ID with Size s

         75        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
                   22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
                   40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
                   58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
                   76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93
                   94 95 96 97 98 99 100

     Cluster information for SUBJECT

       Number of clusters                       75

       Size (s)    Cluster ID with Size s

        100        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
                   22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
                   40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
                   58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75




UNIVARIATE SAMPLE STATISTICS


     UNIVARIATE HIGHER-ORDER MOMENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

         Variable/         Mean/     Skewness/   Minimum/ % with                Percentiles
        Sample Size      Variance    Kurtosis    Maximum  Min/Max      20%/60%    40%/80%    Median

     Y1                    0.514       0.086      -7.678    0.01%      -1.364     -0.048      0.486
            7500.000       5.097       0.207       9.189    0.01%       1.049      2.346
     Y2                    0.495       0.044      -8.905    0.01%      -1.399     -0.115      0.450
            7500.000       5.303       0.204      10.089    0.01%       1.067      2.387
     Y3                    0.484       0.046      -9.549    0.01%      -1.359     -0.077      0.461
            7500.000       5.107       0.219       9.331    0.01%       1.018      2.322
     TIMESCOR              0.495       0.000       0.000    1.00%       0.190      0.390      0.495
            7500.000       0.083      -1.200       0.990    1.00%       0.590      0.790


THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY

     USE THE FBITERATIONS OPTION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ITERATIONS BY A FACTOR
     OF AT LEAST TWO TO CHECK CONVERGENCE AND THAT THE PSR VALUE DOES NOT INCREASE.



MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                              16

Information Criteria

          Deviance (DIC)                        81194.682
          Estimated Number of Parameters (pD)     614.784



MODEL RESULTS

                                Posterior  One-Tailed         95% C.I.
                    Estimate       S.D.      P-Value   Lower 2.5%  Upper 2.5%  Significance

Within Level

 Intercepts
    Y1                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    Y2                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    Y3                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000

 Residual Variances
    Y1                 1.200       0.028      0.000       1.148       1.258      *
    Y2                 1.180       0.028      0.000       1.125       1.236      *
    Y3                 1.197       0.028      0.000       1.144       1.253      *
    F                  1.000       0.000      0.000       1.000       1.000

Between TIME Level

 Means
    Y1                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    Y2                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    Y3                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S1                 1.306       0.034      0.000       1.243       1.374      *
    S2                 1.347       0.034      0.000       1.280       1.416      *
    S3                 1.307       0.037      0.000       1.232       1.383      *
    S                  0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000

 Variances
    Y1                 0.452       0.074      0.000       0.335       0.618      *
    Y2                 0.468       0.076      0.000       0.344       0.648      *
    Y3                 0.442       0.070      0.000       0.332       0.607      *
    S1                 0.088       0.016      0.000       0.064       0.125      *
    S2                 0.098       0.017      0.000       0.070       0.138      *
    S3                 0.114       0.019      0.000       0.083       0.160      *
    S                  0.000       0.000      0.000       0.000       0.000

Between SUBJECT Level

 Means
    F                  0.347       0.129      0.004       0.085       0.602      *
    S1                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S2                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S3                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S                  0.057       0.096      0.306      -0.123       0.235

 Variances
    F                  0.965       0.174      0.000       0.699       1.379      *
    S1                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S2                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S3                 0.000       0.000      1.000       0.000       0.000
    S                  0.013       0.013      0.000       0.000       0.052      *


TECHNICAL 1 OUTPUT


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            TIMESCOR
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
 Y1                 0             0
 Y2                 0             0
 Y3                 0             0
 TIMESCOR           0             0


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            TIMESCOR
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 1
 Y2                 0             2
 Y3                 0             0             3
 TIMESCOR           0             0             0             0


           ALPHA
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
                    0             0


           BETA
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
 F%W                0             0
 TIMESCOR           0             0


           PSI
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
 F%W                0
 TIMESCOR           0             0


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR BETWEEN TIME


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3
              ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 0             0             0             0             0
 Y2                 0             0             0             0             0
 Y3                 0             0             0             0             0


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 4
 Y2                 0             5
 Y3                 0             0             6


           ALPHA
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                    0             7             8             9             0


           BETA
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2a               0             0             0             0             0
 S1%2a              0             0             0             0             0
 S2%2a              0             0             0             0             0
 S3%2a              0             0             0             0             0
 S%2a               0             0             0             0             0


           PSI
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2a               0
 S1%2a              0            10
 S2%2a              0             0            11
 S3%2a              0             0             0            12
 S%2a               0             0             0             0             0


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR BETWEEN SUBJECT


           ALPHA
              F%2b          S1%2b         S2%2b         S3%2b         S%2b
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                   13             0             0             0            14


           BETA
              F%2b          S1%2b         S2%2b         S3%2b         S%2b
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2b               0             0             0             0             0
 S1%2b              0             0             0             0             0
 S2%2b              0             0             0             0             0
 S3%2b              0             0             0             0             0
 S%2b               0             0             0             0             0


           PSI
              F%2b          S1%2b         S2%2b         S3%2b         S%2b
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2b              15
 S1%2b              0             0
 S2%2b              0             0             0
 S3%2b              0             0             0             0
 S%2b               0             0             0             0            16


     STARTING VALUES FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            TIMESCOR
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
 Y1             0.000         0.000
 Y2             0.000         0.000
 Y3             0.000         0.000
 TIMESCOR       0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            TIMESCOR
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             2.548
 Y2             0.000         2.652
 Y3             0.000         0.000         2.553
 TIMESCOR       0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           BETA
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
 F%W            0.000         0.000
 TIMESCOR       0.000         0.000


           PSI
              F%W           TIMESCOR
              ________      ________
 F%W            1.000
 TIMESCOR       0.000         0.042


     STARTING VALUES FOR BETWEEN TIME


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3
              ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Y2             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Y3             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1             2.548
 Y2             0.000         2.652
 Y3             0.000         0.000         2.553


           ALPHA
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         1.000         1.000         1.000         0.000


           BETA
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2a           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S1%2a          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S2%2a          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S3%2a          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S%2a           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              F%2a          S1%2a         S2%2a         S3%2a         S%2a
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2a           0.000
 S1%2a          0.000         1.000
 S2%2a          0.000         0.000         1.000
 S3%2a          0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000
 S%2a           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


     STARTING VALUES FOR BETWEEN SUBJECT


           ALPHA
              F%2b          S1%2b         S2%2b         S3%2b         S%2b
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              F%2b          S1%2b         S2%2b         S3%2b         S%2b
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2b           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S1%2b          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S2%2b          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S3%2b          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S%2b           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              F%2b          S1%2b         S2%2b         S3%2b         S%2b
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 F%2b           1.000
 S1%2b          0.000         0.000
 S2%2b          0.000         0.000         0.000
 S3%2b          0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 S%2b           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000



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

     Parameter 1~IG(-1.000,0.000)          infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 2~IG(-1.000,0.000)          infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 3~IG(-1.000,0.000)          infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 4~IG(-1.000,0.000)          infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 5~IG(-1.000,0.000)          infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 6~IG(-1.000,0.000)          infinity            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~IG(-1.000,0.000)         infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 11~IG(-1.000,0.000)         infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 12~IG(-1.000,0.000)         infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 13~N(0.000,infinity)          0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 14~N(0.000,infinity)          0.0000            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 15~IG(-1.000,0.000)         infinity            infinity            infinity
     Parameter 16~IG(-1.000,0.000)         infinity            infinity            infinity


TECHNICAL 8 OUTPUT


   TECHNICAL 8 OUTPUT FOR BAYES ESTIMATION

     CHAIN    BSEED
     1        0
     2        285380

                     POTENTIAL       PARAMETER WITH
     ITERATION    SCALE REDUCTION      HIGHEST PSR
     100              3.010               14
     200              1.359               16
     300              1.224               16
     400              1.046               14
     500              1.164               14
     600              1.456               14
     700              1.877               14
     800              2.051               14
     900              2.092               14
     1000             2.004               14
     1100             1.690               14
     1200             1.524               14
     1300             1.540               14
     1400             1.588               14
     1500             1.486               14
     1600             1.553               14
     1700             1.639               14
     1800             1.467               14
     1900             1.256               14
     2000             1.233               14
     2100             1.311               14
     2200             1.338               14
     2300             1.313               14
     2400             1.267               14
     2500             1.079               14


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       Elapsed Time:  00:04:54



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