Mplus MONTECARLO

MONTECARLO命令语法

MONTECARLO:				
NAMES =	         names of variables;
NOBSERVATIONS =  number of observations;
NGROUPS =	 number of groups;                                                                          1
NREPS =	         number of  replications;                                                                   1
SEED =	         random seed for data generation;                                                           0
GENERATE =	 scale of dependent variables for data generation;
CUTPOINTS =	 thresholds to be used for categorization of covariates;
GENCLASSES =	 names of categorical latent variables (number of latent classes used for data generation);
NCSIZES =	 number of unique cluster sizes for each group separated by the | symbol;
CSIZES =	 number (cluster size) for each group separated by the | symbol;
HAZARDC =	 specifies the hazard for the censoring process;
PATMISS =	 missing data patterns and proportion missing for each dependent variable;
PATPROBS =	 proportion for each missing data pattern;
MISSING =	 names of dependent variables that have missing data;
CENSORED ARE	 names and limits of censored-normal  dependent variables;
CATEGORICAL ARE	 names of ordered categorical dependent variables;
NOMINAL ARE	 names of unordered categorical dependent variables;
COUNT ARE	 names of count variables;
CLASSES =	 names of categorical latent variables (number of latent classes used for model estimation);
AUXILIARY =	 names of auxiliary variables (R3STEP);
                 names of auxiliary variables (R);
                 names of auxiliary variables (BCH);
                 names of auxiliary variables (DU3STEP);
                 names of auxiliary variables (DCATEGORICAL);
	         names of auxiliary variables (DE3STEP);
                 names of auxiliary variables (DCONTINUOUS);
	         names of auxiliary variables (E);
SURVIVAL =       names and time intervals for time-to-event variables;
TSCORES =	 names, means, and standard deviations of observed variables with information on individually-varying times of observation;
WITHIN =	 names of individual-level observed variables;
BETWEEN =	 names of cluster-level observed variables;
POPULATION =	 name of file containing population parameter values for data generation;
COVERAGE =	 name of file containing population parameter values for computing parameter coverage;
STARTING =	 name of file containing parameter values for use as starting values for the analysis;
REPSAVE =	 numbers of the replications to save data from or ALL;
SAVE =	         name of file in which generated data are stored;
RESULTS =	 name of file in which analysis results are stored;
BPARAMETERS =	 name of file in which Bayesian posterior parameter values are stored;