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Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

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CHAPTER 13EXAMPLE 13.4: NON-NUMERIC MISSING VALUE FLAGSTITLE: this is an example of a SEM withcontinuous factor indicators using datawith non-numeric missing value flagsDATA: FILE IS ex5.11.dat;VARIABLE: NAMES ARE y1-y12;MISSING = *;MODEL: f1 BY y1-y3;f2 BY y4-y6;f3 BY y7-y9;f4 BY y10-y12;f4 ON f3;f3 ON f1 f2;The example above is based on Example 5.11 in which the data containno missing values. In this example, there are missing values and theasterisk (*) is used as a missing value flag. The MISSING option is usedto identify the values or symbol in the analysis data set that will betreated as missing or invalid. Non-numeric missing value flags areapplied to all variables in the data set.EXAMPLE 13.5: NUMERIC MISSING VALUE FLAGSTITLE: this is an example of a SEM withcontinuous factor indicators using datawith numeric missing value flagsDATA: FILE IS ex5.11.dat;VARIABLE: NAMES ARE y1-y12;MISSING = y1-y3(9) y4(9 99) y5-y12(9-12);MODEL: f1 BY y1-y3;f2 BY y4-y6;f3 BY y7-y9;f4 BY y10-y12;f4 ON f3;f3 ON f1 f2;The example above is based on Example 5.11 in which the data containno missing values. In this example, there are missing values andnumeric missing value flags are used. The MISSING option is used toidentify the values or symbol in the analysis data set that will be treatedas missing or invalid. Numeric missing value flags can be applied to a394

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