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Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

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CHAPTER 15NAMESThe NAMES option identifies the variables that are used to create a setof binary event-history variables. These variables must be variablesfrom the NAMES statement of the VARIABLE command. The NAMESoption is specified as follows:NAMES = dropout1-dropout4;where dropout1, dropout2, dropout3, and dropout4 are the variables thatare used to create a set of binary event-history variables.CUTPOINTThe CUTPOINT option is used provide the value to use to create a set ofbinary event-history variables from a set of original variables. Thedefault value for the CUTPOINT option is zero. The CUTPOINToption is specified as follows:CUTPOINT = 1;where variables are created based on values being less than or equal toone or greater than one.BINARYThe BINARY option is used to assign names to the new set of binaryevent-history variables. The BINARY option is specified as follows:BINARY = u1-u4;where u1, u2, u3, and u4 are the names of the new set of binary eventhistoryvariables.THE DATA COHORT COMMANDThe DATA COHORT command is used to rearrange longitudinal datafrom a format where time points represent measurement occasions to a476

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