4.5 Summary

Table 4 summarizes results from the LISREL and Mplus analyses using listwise deletion plus the Mplus results using pairwise deletion. Comparing the listwise columns it is evident that the parameter estimates are equal but that Mplus produces smaller standard errors. Additionally, Mplus reports a different χ2 than LISREL and uses a different formula for arriving at the degrees of freedom (the Mplus output includes a note pointing the user to the location of the formula in the User’s Guide). The two Mplus columns comparing results from listwise and pairwise deletion show roughly similar estimates, though they are not equivalent. The pairwise column should be considered more accurate because it is able to incorporate the most information from the raw data.



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