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Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

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MONTECARLO CommandCHAPTER 19MONTECARLO COMMANDIn this chapter, the MONTECARLO command is discussed. TheMONTECARLO command is used to set up and carry out a Monte Carlosimulation study.THE MONTECARLO COMMANDMONTECARLO:Following are the options for the MONTECARLO command:NAMES =names of variables;NOBSERVATIONS = number of observations;NGROUPS = number of groups; 1NREPS = number of replications; 1SEED = random seed for data generation; 0GENERATE =scale of dependent variables for datageneration;CUTPOINTS =thresholds to be used for categorization ofcovariatesGENCLASSES =names of categorical latent variables (numberof latent classes used for data generation);NCSIZES =number of unique cluster sizes for each groupseparated by the | symbol;CSIZES =number (cluster size) for each groupseparated by the | symbol;HAZARDC =specifies the hazard for the censoringprocess;PATMISS =missing data patterns and proportion missingfor each dependent variable;PATPROBS =proportion for each missing data pattern;MISSING =names of dependent variables that havemissing data;CENSORED AREnames and limits of censored-normaldependent variables;CATEGORICAL ARE names of ordered categorical dependentvariables;NOMINAL AREnames of unordered categorical dependentvariables;COUNT AREnames of count variables;689

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