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Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

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CHAPTER 18and thresholds are found under these headings. The scale factors used inthe estimation of models with categorical outcomes are found under theheading Scales.The type of regression coefficient produced during model estimation isdetermined by the scale of the dependent variable and the estimatorbeing used in the analysis. For continuous observed dependent variablesand for continuous latent dependent variables, the regression coefficientsproduced for BY and ON statements for all estimators are linearregression coefficients. For censored observed dependent variables, theregression coefficients produced for BY and ON statements for allestimators are censored-normal regression coefficients. For the inflationpart of censored observed dependent variables, the regressioncoefficients produced for BY and ON statements are logistic regressioncoefficients. For binary and ordered categorical observed dependentvariables, the regression coefficients produced for BY and ONstatements using a weighted least squares estimator such as WLSMV areprobit regression coefficients. For binary and ordered categoricalobserved dependent variables, the regression coefficients produced forBY and ON statements using a maximum likelihood estimator arelogistic regression coefficients using the default LINK=LOGIT andprobit regression coefficients using LINK=PROBIT. Logistic regressionfor ordered categorical outcomes uses the proportional oddsspecification. For categorical latent dependent variables and unorderedcategorical observed dependent variables, the regression coefficientsproduced for ON statements are multinomial logistic regressioncoefficients. For count observed dependent variables and time-to-eventvariables in continuous-time survival analysis, the regressioncoefficients produced for BY and ON statements are loglinear regressioncoefficients. For the inflation part of count observed dependentvariables, the regression coefficients produced for BY and ONstatements are logistic regression coefficients.638

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