Re: st: data file for use with sem()

[John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch>]

Hi

Yes, it is possible to analyze summary data, which can be then estimated 
by maximum likelihood.  See -help ssd-
For your interest, see also -help corr2data-, which can generate 
artificial data with a known correlational structure too.
Best,
J.

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On 07.12.2012 14:59, Robert Long wrote:
> Hello statlist
>
> I am fairly new to Stata and completely new to the sem() function.
>
> I have previously used MPlus, where it is common to have data files in a format like this:
>
> 79.75 0.97 81.96 109.16
>   14.18 0.58 54.24 10.40
>   1
>   0.34 1
>   0.59 0.39 1
>   0.38 0.13 0.29 1
>
> where we have a row vector for the means of each variable, a row for their standard deviations, a lower triangular matrix for correlations, and the number of observations is input separately.
>
> Is there a way to get Stata to handle this kind of input without having the simulate the data myself ?
>
> Thanks
> Robert Long
>
>
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