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The Mplus User’s Guide has 20 chapters.  Chapter 2 describes how to get started with Mplus.  Chapters 3 through 13 contain examples of analyses that can be done using Mplus.  Chapter 14 discusses special issues.  Chapters 15 through 19 describe the Mplus language.  Chapter 20 contains a summary of the Mplus language.  Technical appendices that contain information on modeling, model estimation, model testing, numerical algorithms, and references to further technical information can be found at www.statmodel.com.

 It is not necessary to read the entire User’s Guide before using the program.  A user may go straight to Chapter 2 for an overview of Mplus and then to one of the example chapters.