Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

CHAPTER 20INTERACTIVE =PROCESSORS =file name;number of processors;number of processors (STARTS);1THE MODEL COMMANDMODEL:BYshort for measured by -- defines latent variablesexample: f1 BY y1-y5;ONshort for regressed on -- defines regression relationshipsexample: f1 ON x1-x9;PONshort for regressed on -- defines paired regression relationshipsexample: f2 f3 PON f1 f2;WITHshort for correlated with -- defines correlational relationshipsexample: f1 WITH f2;PWITHshort for correlated with -- defines paired correlationalrelationshipsexample: f1 f2 f3 PWITH f4 f5 f6;list of variables;refers to variances and residual variancesexample: f1 y1-y9;[list of variables];refers to means, intercepts, thresholdsexample: [f1, y1-y9];* frees a parameter at a default value or a specific starting valueexample: y1* y2*.5;@fixes a parameter at a default value or a specific valueexample: y1@ y2@0;(number)constrains parameters to be equalexample: f1 ON x1 (1);f2 ON x2 (1);variable$numberlabel for the threshold of a variablevariable#numberlabel for nominal observed or categorical latent variablevariable#1label for censored or count inflation variablevariable#numberlabel for baseline hazard parametersvariable#numberlabel for a latent class(name)label for a parameter{list of variables};refers to scale factorsexample: {y1-y9};| names and defines random effect variablesexample: s | y1 ON x1;ATshort for measured at -- defines random effect variablesexample: s | y1-y4 AT t1-t4;XWITHdefines interactions between variables;720