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Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

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A Summary Of The <strong>Mplus</strong> LanguageTHE MONTECARLO COMMANDMONTECARLO: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;CLASSES =names of categorical latent variables (numberof latent classes used for model estimation);SURVIVAL =names and time intervals for time-to-eventvariables;TSCORES =names, means, and standard deviations ofobserved variables with information onindividually-varying times of observation;WITHIN =names of individual-level observed variables;BETWEEN =names of cluster-level observed variables;POPULATION =name of file containing population parametervalues for data generation;725

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