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Re: st: reproducing published CFA results using -ssd- / -sem-


From   Dirk Enzmann <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: reproducing published CFA results using -ssd- / -sem-
Date   Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:26:13 +0100

Stas,

You should specify starting values of the covariances within the methods- and traits factors, as well. The following commands converge.

Unfortunately, I found no way to tell Stata to free the constraints of the first indicator per latent variable (in order to fix the variances of the latent variables to 1, instead).

The results correspond to results obtainable using MPlus. They do not reproduce all coefficients in Lorenz et al. (2007), however. There seems to be an error in Table 6 of Lorenz et al. (2007).

Other modifications are not substantial, they only help to improve the legibility / comprehensibility of the model commands:

* --- Start Stata Syntax: ----------------------------

clear

/* Reproducing CFA of Lorenz et al. (2007)

   Lorenz, F.O., Melby, J.N., Conger, R. D., & Xu, X. (2007). The effect
      of context on the correspondence between observational ratings and
      questionnaire reports of hostile behavior: A multitrait, multi-
      method approach. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 498-509.
*/

#delimit ;

ssd init host_or angc_or antb_or
         crit_so angr_so argu_so shou_so
         crit_sp angr_sp argu_sp shou_sp
         crit_po angr_po argu_po shou_po
         crit_pp angr_pp argu_pp shou_pp;

ssd set obs 292;

/*
ssd set means 4.13  2.14  5.33
              2.27  1.70  1.87  1.21
              1.26  1.61  1.86  1.18
              2.41  1.76  2.11  1.30
              1.42  1.64  1.95  1.22;
*/

ssd set sd 2.36  1.70  1.87
           1.37  1.05  1.23  0.52
           0.98  0.96  1.38  1.06
           1.43  1.07  1.27  0.68
           1.17  1.07  1.36  1.23;
			
ssd set correlations
 1.00 \
  .73 1.00 \
  .79  .58 1.00 \
  .37  .28  .38 1.00 \
  .39  .34  .42  .57 1.00 \
  .39  .29  .42  .61  .78 1.00 \
  .19  .24  .30  .39  .59  .58 1.00 \
  .11  .02  .11  .35  .25  .35  .21 1.00 \
  .26  .20  .21  .34  .31  .35  .21  .53 1.00 \
  .30  .21  .23  .32  .30  .35  .12  .52  .65 1.00 \
  .26  .19  .20  .35  .36  .34  .32  .60  .70  .64 1.00 \
  .48  .31  .39  .37  .35  .37  .15  .16  .24  .20  .18 1.00 \
  .44  .35  .38  .35  .49  .46  .25  .25  .29  .24  .30  .62 1.00 \
  .50  .42  .47  .40  .51  .53  .30  .24  .32  .28  .32  .62  .74 1.00 \
.26 .28 .24 .25 .30 .26 .27 .16 .19 .18 .19 .26 .44 .44 1.00 \ .31 .21 .28 .34 .29 .34 .24 .33 .42 .34 .42 .46 .45 .44 .22 1.00 \ .34 .24 .25 .34 .31 .28 .20 .22 .44 .31 .46 .38 .43 .39 .19 .65 1.00 \ .28 .17 .24 .32 .27 .31 .17 .20 .45 .32 .43 .34 .38 .44 .23 .54 .63 1.00 \ .32 .17 .28 .33 .30 .29 .20 .26 .46 .33 .50 .44 .46 .42 .25 .68 .77 .64 1.00;

ssd status;

foreach method in OR_Fac SO_Fac SP_Fac PO_Fac PP_Fac {;
   foreach trait in Crit_Fac Angr_Fac Argu_Fac Shou_Fac {;
      local c_cov `c_cov' `method'*`trait'@0;
   };
};
di "cov( `c_cov' )";

foreach factor in OR_Fac SO_Fac SP_Fac PO_Fac PP_Fac
                  Crit_Fac Angr_Fac Argu_Fac Shou_Fac {;
   local v_opt `v_opt' (`factor', init(1));
};
di "var( `v_opt' )";

foreach factor in SO_Fac SP_Fac PO_Fac PP_Fac {;
   local c_cov `c_cov' (OR_Fac*`factor', init(0.2));
};
foreach factor in SP_Fac PO_Fac PP_Fac {;
   local c_cov `c_cov' (SO_Fac*`factor', init(0.2));
};
foreach factor in PO_Fac PP_Fac {;
   local c_cov `c_cov' (SP_Fac*`factor', init(0.2));
};
local c_cov `c_cov' (PO_Fac*PP_Fac, init(0.2));
foreach factor in Angr_Fac Argu_Fac Shou_Fac {;
   local c_cov `c_cov' (Crit_Fac*`factor', init(0.2));
};
foreach factor in Argu_Fac Shou_Fac {;
   local c_cov `c_cov' (Angr_Fac*`factor', init(0.2));
};
local c_cov `c_cov' (Argu_Fac*Shou_Fac, init(0.2));
di "cov( `c_cov' )";

sem (OR_Fac@1 -> host_or@1)
    (OR_Fac -> (angc_or, init(1))
               (antb_or, init(1))
    )
    (SO_Fac@1 -> crit_so)
    (SO_Fac -> (angr_so, init(1))
               (argu_so, init(1))
               (shou_so, init(1))
    )
    (SP_Fac@1 -> crit_sp)
    (SP_Fac -> (angr_sp, init(1))
               (argu_sp, init(1))
               (shou_sp, init(1))
    )
    (PO_Fac@1 -> crit_po)
    (PO_Fac -> (angr_po, init(1))
               (argu_po, init(1))
               (shou_po, init(1))
    )
    (PP_Fac@1 -> crit_pp)
    (PP_Fac -> (angr_pp, init(1))
               (argu_pp, init(1))
               (shou_pp, init(1))
    )
    (Crit_Fac@1 -> crit_sp)
    (Crit_Fac -> (crit_so, init(1))
                 (crit_po, init(1))
                 (crit_pp, init(1))
    )
    (Angr_Fac@1 -> angr_sp)
    (Angr_Fac -> (angr_so, init(1))
                 (angr_po, init(1))
                 (angr_pp, init(1))
    )
    (Argu_Fac@1 -> argu_sp)
    (Argu_Fac -> (argu_so, init(1))
                 (argu_po, init(1))
                 (argu_pp, init(1))
    )
    (Shou_Fac@1 -> shou_sp)
    (Shou_Fac -> (shou_so, init(1))
                 (shou_po, init(1))
                 (shou_pp, init(1))
    ), cov( `c_cov' ) var ( `v_opt' ) noconstant stand;

#delimit cr


* --- End Stata Syntax. ------------------------------

Dirk

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:38:04 -0500, Stas Kolenikov <[email protected]> wrote:

http://hsphsun3.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/STATALIST/archives/statalist.1303/date/article-544.html


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