651
Index
move objects, 15
multiple imputation, 462
multiple models in a single analysis, 116
multiple-group analysis, 377
multiple-group factor analysis, 363
multiply imputed data file, combining results, 471
multiply imputed datasets, 469
multivariate analysis of variance, 216
naming
groups, 196
variables, 26
NCP, noncentrality parameter, 602
negative variances, 153
nested models, 260
new group, 56, 77, 172
NFI, normed fit index, 609
NNFI, non-normed fit index, 611
non-diffuse prior distribution, 409
non-graphical model specification, 577
non-identifiability, 619
nonrecursive model, 76, 129, 131
normal distribution, 35
NPAR, number of parameters, 598
null model, 625
numeric custom estimands, 443
Observed
pd method for drawing path diagrams, 580
obtain
critical rations for parameter differences, 182
squared multiple correlations, 133
standardized estimates, 133, 142
Occam’s window, symmetric, 331
optional output, 16, 33, 48, 121
ordered-categorical data, 489
P, probability, 599
pairwise deletion, 270
parameter constraints, 41
parameter estimation
structure specification, 78
parameters
affected by cross-group constraints, 366
equal, benefits of specifying, 44
specifying equal, 43
parsimony, 598
parsimony index, 612
Path
pd method for drawing path diagrams, 582
path diagram, 3
alter the appearance, 15
attach data file, 24, 46
constrain parameters, 14
copy, 21
create, 87
delete an object, 15
display chi-square statistics, 53
draw arrows, 13
duplicate measurement model, 88
format objects, 45
move objects, 15, 45
new, 24
print, 20
redo an action, 16
reshape an object, 15
rotate indicators, 88
specify group name in caption, 176
undo an action, 16
PCFI, parsimonious comparative fit index, 613
PCLOSE, for close fit of the population RMSEA,
605
pd methods
Caption, 583
Cov, 582
GetCheckBox, 588
Observed, 580
Path, 582
Reposition, 582
SetDataFile, 588
UndoResume, 583
UndoToHere, 583
Unobserved, 581