Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

Examples: Multilevel Modeling With Complex Survey Datay1 y2 y3y4 y5 y6fw1fw2Withiny1 y2 y3y4 y5 y6Betweenfb1fb2In this example, the two-level multiple group CFA with continuousfactor indicators shown in the picture above is estimated. In the withinpart of the model, the filled circles at the end of the arrows from thewithin factors fw1 to y1, y2, and y3 and fw2 to y4, y5, and y6 representrandom intercepts that are referred to as y1, y2, y3, y4, y5, and y6 in thebetween part of the model. In the between part of the model, the randomintercepts are shown in circles because they are continuous latentvariables that vary across clusters. The random intercepts are indicatorsof the between factors fb1 and fb2.The GROUPING option of the VARIABLE command is used to identifythe variable in the data set that contains information on groupmembership when the data for all groups are stored in a single data set.The information in parentheses after the grouping variable name assignslabels to the values of the grouping variable found in the data set. In theexample above, observations with g equal to 1 are assigned the label g1,267