Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

TITLE, DATA, VARIABLE, And DEFINE CommandsCONTINUOUSThe CONTINUOUS option is used to assign names to the new set ofcontinuous variables. The CONTINUOUS option is specified asfollows:CONTINUOUS = y1-y4;where y1, y2, y3, and y4 are the names of the new set of continuousvariables.TRANSFORMThe TRANSFORM option is used to transform the new continuousvariables. The LOG function is the default. The following functionscan be used with the TRANSFORM option:LOG base e log LOG (y);LOG10 base 10 log LOG10 (y);EXP exponential EXP (y);SQRT square root SQRT (y);ABS absolute value ABS(y);SIN sine SIN (y);COS cosine COS (y);TAN tangent TAN(y);ASIN arcsine ASIN (y);ACOS arccosine ACOS (y);ATAN arctangent ATAN (y);NONE no transformationThe TRANSFORM option is specified as follows:TRANSFORM = NONE;where specifying NONE results in no transformation of the newcontinuous variables.471