Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

MONTECARLO CommandSAVEThe SAVE option is used to save data from the first replication forfuture analysis. It is specified as follows:SAVE = rep1.dat;where rep1.dat is the name of the file in which data from the firstreplication is saved. The data are saved using a free format.The SAVE option can be used in conjunction with the REPSAVE optionto save data from any or all replications. When the SAVE option is usedwith the REPSAVE option, it is specified as follows:SAVE = rep*.dat;where the asterisk (*) is replaced by the replication number. Forexample, if replications 10 and 30 are saved, the data are stored in thefiles rep10.dat and rep30.dat. A file is also produced that contains thenames of all of the data sets. To name this file, the asterisk (*) isreplaced by the word list. The file, in this case replist.dat, contains thenames of the generated data sets. The variables are not always saved inthe order that they appear in the NAMES statement.RESULTSThe RESULTS option is used to save the analysis results for eachreplication of the Monte Carlo study in an ASCII file. The results savedinclude the replication number, parameter estimates, standard errors, anda set of fit statistics. The parameter estimates and standard errors aresaved in the order shown in the TECH1 output in free format delimitedby a space. The values are saved as E15.8. The RESULTS option isspecified as follows:RESULTS = results.sav;where results.sav is the name of the file in which the analysis results foreach replication will be saved.709