Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis Shortcut Example

Table of Contents

1 Title Command

This is the first of three input files for this example

TITLE:
Example 3 - Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis 

2 Data Command

DATA:
FILE IS "../../data/job_placement.csv";

3 Variable Command

VARIABLE:
NAMES ARE
id wjcalc wjspl wratspl wratcalc waiscalc waisspl
edlevel newschl suspend expelled haveld female age;

USEVARIABLES ARE
wratspl wjspl waisspl wratcalc wjcalc waiscalc;

MISSING ARE all(99999);

GROUPING IS female(0=male 1=female);

4 Analysis Command

Add this command and the "Model = …" command to request multiple models for comparison.

ANALYSIS:
Model = configural metric scalar;

5 Model Command

In order to use the multiple model shortcut, the user should use the Mplus default of marker-variable identification. Notice how simple the model syntax becomes, the user simply needs to specify the latent variables and their indicators.

MODEL:
MATH BY wratcalc wjcalc waiscalc;
SPELL BY wratspl wjspl waisspl;

6 Output Command

Additional output can be requested.

OUTPUT:
TECH1;

Date: 2016-09-12T14:50-0500

Author: Benjamin Arthur Kite

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