Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

CHAPTER 19between dependent and independent variables is described in thediscussion of the MODEL command.CENSOREDThe CENSORED option is used to specify which dependent variablesare treated as censored variables in the model and its estimation, whetherthey are censored from above or below, and whether a censored orcensored-inflated model will be estimated.The CENSORED option is specified as follows for a censored model:CENSORED ARE y1 (a) y2 (b) y3 (a) y4 (b);where y1, y2, y3, y4 are censored dependent variables in the analysis.The letter a in parentheses following the variable name indicates that thevariable is censored from above. The letter b in parentheses followingthe variable name indicates that the variable is censored from below.The lower and upper censoring limits are determined from the datageneration.The CENSORED option is specified as follows for a censored-inflatedmodel:CENSORED ARE y1 (ai) y2 (bi) y3 (ai) y4 (bi);where y1, y2, y3, y4 are censored dependent variables in the analysis.The letters ai in parentheses following the variable name indicates thatthe variable is censored from above and that a censored-inflated modelwill be estimated. The letter bi in parentheses following the variablename indicates that the variable is censored from below and that acensored-inflated model will be estimated. The lower and uppercensoring limits are determined from the data generation.With a censored-inflated model, two variables are considered, acensored variable and an inflation variable. The censored variable takeson values for individuals who are able to assume values of the censoringpoint and beyond. The inflation variable is a binary latent variable withone denoting that an individual is unable to assume any value except thecensoring point. The inflation variable is referred to by adding to thename of the censored variable the number sign (#) followed by the700