Mplus VERSION 8.8
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
04/19/2022  10:27 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  TITLE:	this is an example of a two-level
  		regression analysis for a continuous
  		dependent variable

  montecarlo:
  		names are y x w xm;
  		nobservations = 1000;
  		ncsizes = 3;
  		csizes = 40 (5) 50 (10) 20 (15);
  		seed = 58459;
  		nreps = 1;
  		within = x;
  		between = w xm;
  		save = ex9.2a.dat;

  ANALYSIS:  TYPE = TWOLEVEL RANDOM;

  model population:
  		%within%
  		[x@0]; x@1;
  		s | y on x;
  		y*1;
  		%between%
  		[w@0]; w*1;
          [xm@0]; xm*.5;
          w with xm*.5;
  		y on w*1 xm*1;
  		s on w*.5 xm*.3;
  		[y*2 s*1];
  		y*.5; s*.3;
          y with s*.2;
  		
  model:
  		%within%
  	
  		s | y on x;
  		y*1;
  		%between%
  	
  		y on w*1 xm*1;
  		s on w*.5 xm*.3;
  		[y*2 s*1];
  		y*.5; s*.3;
          y with s*.2;

  output:
  		tech9;



INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY



this is an example of a two-level
regression analysis for a continuous
dependent variable

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                        1000

Number of replications
    Requested                                                    1
    Completed                                                    1
Value of seed                                                58459

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

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   Y

Observed independent variables
   X           W           XM

Continuous latent variables
   S

Variables with special functions

  Within variables
   X

  Between variables
   W           XM


Estimator                                                      MLR
Information matrix                                        OBSERVED
Maximum number of iterations                                   100
Convergence criterion                                    0.100D-05
Maximum number of EM iterations                                500
Convergence criteria for the EM algorithm
  Loglikelihood change                                   0.100D-02
  Relative loglikelihood change                          0.100D-05
  Derivative                                             0.100D-03
Minimum variance                                         0.100D-03
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations                   20
Maximum number of iterations for H1                           2000
Convergence criterion for H1                             0.100D-03
Optimization algorithm                                         EMA


SUMMARY OF DATA FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION

     Cluster information

       Size (s)    Number of clusters of Size s

          5            40
         10            50
         15            20

     Average cluster size        9.091

     Estimated Intraclass Correlations for the Y Variables

                Intraclass              Intraclass
     Variable  Correlation   Variable  Correlation

     Y            0.574


SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST REPLICATION

NOTE:  The sample statistics for within and between refer to the
       maximum-likelihood estimated within and between covariance
       matrices, respectively.


     ESTIMATED SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR WITHIN


           Means
              Y             X             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.027         0.000         0.000


           Covariances
              Y             X             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y              2.282
 X              0.643         1.042
 W              0.000         0.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           Correlations
              Y             X             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y              1.000
 X              0.417         1.000
 W              0.000         0.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


     ESTIMATED SAMPLE STATISTICS FOR BETWEEN


           Means
              Y             X             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                1.475         0.000        -0.328        -0.277


           Covariances
              Y             X             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y              3.072
 X              0.000         0.000
 W              1.366         0.000         0.885
 XM             0.989         0.000         0.443         0.458


           Correlations
              Y             X             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y              1.000
 X              0.000         0.000
 W              0.828         0.000         1.000
 XM             0.834         0.000         0.696         1.000




MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                       10

Loglikelihood

    H0 Value

        Mean                             -1584.044
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.980       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.950       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.900       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.800       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.700       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.500       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.300       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.200       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.100       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.050       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.020       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044
           0.010       0.000        -1584.044      -1584.044

Information Criteria

    Akaike (AIC)

        Mean                              3188.088
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.980       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.950       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.900       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.800       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.700       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.500       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.300       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.200       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.100       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.050       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.020       0.000         3188.088       3188.088
           0.010       0.000         3188.088       3188.088

    Bayesian (BIC)

        Mean                              3237.165
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.980       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.950       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.900       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.800       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.700       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.500       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.300       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.200       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.100       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.050       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.020       0.000         3237.165       3237.165
           0.010       0.000         3237.165       3237.165

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

        Mean                              3205.405
        Std Dev                              0.000
        Number of successful computations        1

             Proportions                   Percentiles
        Expected    Observed         Expected       Observed
           0.990       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.980       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.950       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.900       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.800       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.700       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.500       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.300       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.200       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.100       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.050       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.020       0.000         3205.405       3205.405
           0.010       0.000         3205.405       3205.405



MODEL RESULTS

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

Within Level

 Residual Variances
  Y                   1.000     1.0315     0.0000     0.0466     0.0010 1.000 1.000

Between Level

 S          ON
  W                   0.500     0.3956     0.0000     0.0974     0.0109 1.000 1.000
  XM                  0.300     0.5424     0.0000     0.1356     0.0588 1.000 1.000

 Y          ON
  W                   1.000     0.8633     0.0000     0.1171     0.0187 1.000 1.000
  XM                  1.000     1.3298     0.0000     0.1624     0.1088 0.000 1.000

 Y        WITH
  S                   0.200     0.2970     0.0000     0.0659     0.0094 1.000 1.000

 Intercepts
  Y                   2.000     2.0848     0.0000     0.0869     0.0072 1.000 1.000
  S                   1.000     1.0394     0.0000     0.0752     0.0016 1.000 1.000

 Residual Variances
  Y                   0.500     0.5890     0.0000     0.0985     0.0079 1.000 1.000
  S                   0.300     0.3341     0.0000     0.0563     0.0012 1.000 1.000


QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS

     Average Condition Number for the Information Matrix      0.172E-01
       (ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)


TECHNICAL 1 OUTPUT


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y             X
              ________      ________
                    0             0


           LAMBDA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y                  0             0
 X                  0             0


           THETA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y                  0
 X                  0             0


           ALPHA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
                    0             0


           BETA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y                  0             0
 X                  0             0


           PSI
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y                  1
 X                  0             0


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR BETWEEN


           NU
              Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y                  0             0             0             0
 W                  0             0             0             0
 XM                 0             0             0             0


           THETA
              Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________
 Y                  0
 W                  0             0
 XM                 0             0             0


           ALPHA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                    2             3             0             0


           BETA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 S                  0             0             4             5
 Y                  0             0             6             7
 W                  0             0             0             0
 XM                 0             0             0             0


           PSI
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 S                  8
 Y                  9            10
 W                  0             0             0
 XM                 0             0             0             0


     STARTING VALUES FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y             X
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              1.000         0.000
 X              0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              0.000
 X              0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           BETA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              0.000         0.000
 X              0.000         0.000


           PSI
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              1.000
 X              0.000         0.500


     STARTING VALUES FOR BETWEEN


           NU
              Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y              0.000         1.000         0.000         0.000
 W              0.000         0.000         1.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________
 Y              0.000
 W              0.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                1.000         2.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 S              0.000         0.000         0.500         0.300
 Y              0.000         0.000         1.000         1.000
 W              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 S              0.300
 Y              0.200         0.500
 W              0.000         0.000         0.500
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.500


     POPULATION VALUES FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y             X
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              1.000         0.000
 X              0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              0.000
 X              0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
                0.000         0.000


           BETA
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              0.000         0.000
 X              0.000         0.000


           PSI
              Y             X
              ________      ________
 Y              1.000
 X              0.000         1.000


     POPULATION VALUES FOR BETWEEN


           NU
              Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y              0.000         1.000         0.000         0.000
 W              0.000         0.000         1.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________
 Y              0.000
 W              0.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
                1.000         2.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 S              0.000         0.000         0.500         0.300
 Y              0.000         0.000         1.000         1.000
 W              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              S             Y             W             XM
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 S              0.300
 Y              0.200         0.500
 W              0.000         0.000         1.000
 XM             0.000         0.000         0.500         0.500


TECHNICAL 9 OUTPUT

  Error messages for each replication (if any)



SAVEDATA INFORMATION

  Order of variables

    Y
    X
    W
    XM
    CLUSTER

  Save file
    ex9.2a.dat

  Save file format           Free
  Save file record length    10000


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