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My friend Amy happened to be experiencing joy right when I called. "I just went off the Atkins Diet. It was pure joy to shove a granola bar into my mouth," she laughed. When pressed for further sources of joy, she admitted she finds happiness from a bargain (finding $169 boots for $39) and from preparing a delicious meal.
It's not that I don't appreciate a sugar rush or a great buy, but I'm not sure they bring me joy.
The more I tried to find happiness, the more I found myself in a vast sea of pleasures, thrills, and gratifications. An e-mail chain letter of "natural highs" cited making eye contact with a cute stranger, listening to the rain, and riding a roller coaster. Hmm. Nice, but do they bring me joy? Not really.
I couldn't help but feel that the experience of joy should be something more substantial, something I could sink my teeth—and heart and soul—into. I was looking for some science.
Seek More "Oh Wow!" Times
Ned Hallowell, MD, author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, says, "Joy is the intense moments—the moments of success, the moments of connection, the moments of really appreciating beauty and saying, 'Oh wow, I'm so lucky to be alive!' "
Such moments can come to us in bursts of bliss or in the form of more sustaining and hard-won gratifications, according to Martin Seligman, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania and author of Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. "Gratifications are the activities we like doing that absorb and engage us fully."
Where to Look
Whether your joy—let's call it "high happiness"—comes in the rush of a sugar high, the glow of professional accomplishment, or deep spiritual fulfillment, whether it trickles in small pleasures or flows in a deluge of delight, most would agree that we want more of it.
But you won't find joy from the lottery tickets tucked in your wallet. Nor will you find it in wrinkle-removing plastic surgery. Studies have shown that money and beauty are not reliable or substantial sources of happiness. According to happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, of the University of California, Riverside, life circumstances only account for 10% of happiness. Half depends on our genetic "set point," which is kind of like the weight our body bounces back to after that crash diet. About 40%t of our happiness is influenced by what we do deliberately to make ourselves happy. And being happy is the key antecedent to joy. "You can't be joyful all the time," says Lyubomirsky, "but people who are happy are going to be joyful more frequently."
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What the Experts Say
Here's what experts believe you can do to increase the joy, both large and small, in your life:
1. Notice what's right Experts agree that optimistic people are happier people. Those who look on the bright side experience more happiness than those who try to "see things as they really are," according to Lyubomirsky. It's a process scientists call reframing: If you try to cast negative events in a positive light, and you see the silver lining, you can turn a bad situation into a joyful one.
Take my friend Carol. Shortly after she got married, she complained that her work-at-home husband didn't know how to do laundry. Whites, colors—they were all washed together. Then a coworker pointed out, "He's just trying to help." When Carol spoke to her husband about it, he told her, "I want to do my fair share to give you more time to relax." She's learned to overlook the mistakes and enjoy their extra chore-free time together.
"If you only focus on what's wrong, you will not experience joy. You will experience discouragement, depression, low self-esteem," explains M. J. Ryan, author of 365 Health and Happiness Boosters. "But when you focus on what's right about a situation—the exact same situation—you're increasing the possibility that you will experience joy and high happiness."
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2. Be grateful We all know we're supposed to count our blessings, but we may not realize that in this platitude lies one of the most significant ways of increasing joy. "It sounds cliché, but research actually supports this," says Lyubomirsky. One study found that those who regularly recorded what they were thankful for in "gratitude journals" showed higher levels of optimism, enthusiasm, attentiveness, and energy, and they felt better about their life as a whole.
3. Remember the kid you were In just one lazy Sunday afternoon, I watched my two children create joy for themselves again and again, first in a game of hide-and-seek, then whirling around to Carole King music in princess costumes. It was smiles, giggles, belly laughs. "Joy is one of those exuberant feelings we see in children," says Pamela Gail Johnson, founder of a group called Secret Society of Happy People, a website she started to provide a forum for those who want to encourage the expression of happiness. "As adults, when do we lose that? That experience of being in that natural high?"
It's a question Hallowell explores in The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness. "I wanted to look at the sources in childhood that lead to joy in adulthood," he says. "If you have this feeling when you get up in the morning of 'can-do, wanna-do,' you have friends you look forward to seeing, you have activities you look forward to doing, you can usually trace those things back to childhood," he explains.
Hallowell discovered that the capacity of adults to experience great joy and enthusiasm about life has its roots in how they did things as children. He cites five basic steps that should ideally take place in a child's development to help ensure future joy:
- Experiencing unconditional love from key adults
- Discovering one's passions through play
- Practicing those passions
- Mastering them, thereby reinforcing confidence and self-esteem
- Experiencing recognition from the outside world
"It's never too late," says Hallowell. "If you're willing to set aside your sense of embarrassment and to play, then you can rediscover the childlike qualities that are strongly associated with joy."
4. Be kind Random acts of kindness increase happiness, according to Lyubomirsky's research. "There are lots of consequences that come from showing kindness that make you happier and help you stay happy," she says. A study conducted at the University of Virginia found that merely witnessing acts of kindness, loyalty, and heroism created a significant elevation in mood and increased the desire to perform good deeds (witness the long lines of blood donors after 9/11).
5. Spend time with your buddies Although a rich social and romantic life does not in itself guarantee joy, it has a huge effect on happiness. A study of college students showed that the happiest among them were more social, spent less time alone, and reported strong, supportive relationships with friends, family, and romantic partners. (Check out these 8 Friends Every Woman Needs.)
6. Don't overdo it The problem with joy is that it's so delicious that you just want more and more. But what gives you joy once may not work a second time. If you love gourmet chocolate ice cream, there's no way to maintain the joy of that first taste on your tongue. The more you eat it, the less joy it brings. "Neurons are wired to respond to novel events," Seligman points out in Authentic Happiness. "The more redundant the events, the more they merge into the unnoticed background." So space out your joyful pleasures.
7. Savor every moment You can increase joy by paying concentrated attention to momentary pleasures. This may sound obvious, but some researchers have turned savoring into a new field of study, one devoted to heightening the experience of pleasure, of being mindful and living in the present. Ways to savor experiences include sharing them with others, basking in praise others give you, sharpening your perceptions and senses by focusing intensely on something (closing your eyes when you listen to your favorite music, for instance), and completely immersing yourself in something you love doing. Or as a friend says, "Roll in it!"
8. Move more If you've experienced "runner's high" or maybe just the afterglow when you're done, you know how joyful exercise can be. Several studies have shown that exercise is a powerful mood elevator. One small pilot study found that 30 minutes of daily aerobic exercise worked faster than drugs to ease depression.
9. Really rest Peace, quiet, and solitude can also create joy, and some research suggests that we may have an inborn need to "zone out" once in a while. In an exploratory study, researchers observed three babies who turned away or blocked their eyes in response to overstimulation. Mothers who recognized this behavior and gave their children needed downtime had happier, easier babies.
10. Put on a happy face "There's good evidence that just smiling and looking like you're happy will make you happier," says Lyubomirsky. Studies show that even muscular changes in your face can elevate your happiness, as can good posture. My friend Susan refers to it as "the blush effect." To apply blush to your cheekbones properly, you need to smile. "When I do that, I always think it's going to be a great day," says Lyubomirsky. It works, she says, because "if you act like you're a happier person, you can experience all these positive social consequences. You make more friends. People are nicer to you. And these things can have real consequences."
11. Pursue your goals "Having a set of high goals that are important to you, that are compatible with your values, and that are mostly pleasant to work for" helps augment your happiness level, explains happiness researcher Ed Diener, PhD, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Research shows that the pursuit of your goals, not even necessarily attaining them, can increase joy.
12. Get into the flow A very profound joy can emerge when you are in a state called "flow," a term coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD, director of the Quality of Life Institute at Claremont Graduate University in California and author of several books on the subject. Flow is the form of joy, ecstasy, and happiness that can emerge when people are so absorbed in a challenging activity they love that they lose themselves. Time stops, and they become at one with what they're doing. What creates flow is highly individual, but people experience it in everything from running and rock climbing to writing, painting, and playing music.
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13. Play to your strengths The best way to achieve flow is by identifying your strengths and virtues and then using them, says Seligman. First, you have to find out what they are. Then, he says, "You have to recraft your work life, your love life, and your leisure to deploy those strengths and virtues as much as possible."
Seligman's advice reminds me of Jill, a food service worker. Feeling very unfulfilled in her current job, Jill decided she was going to change her work style by tapping her greatest strength: her people skills. She made sure her interactions with her cafeteria customers were the social highlight of their day. She addressed everyone by name, took special orders with a smile, and used friendly chitchat to distract them from their workday. "Once you identify your strengths, you can transform a tedious task into an experience that brings flow much more frequently," explains Seligman.
14. Find your calling Some find meaning in religion or spirituality. Others find a sense of purpose in their work. Finding your calling may be more of a lifelong mission than a simple strategy for increasing joy, but having a sense of purpose—of feeling like you are here for a reason—can perhaps bring the greatest joy of all.
A Role Model
Inger Osteraa has been fighting a very aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for nearly 2 decades. Since 1985, her body has been frequently peppered with tumors that have fractured her spine and nearly shut down her liver. At various times, some of the top doctors in the US told her she had "just months to live." Now free from cancer for nearly 3 years, the 67-year-old Osteraa reflects on how, even in the face of this deadly disease, she never lost her ability to experience joy.
"When you can hear the minutes ticking, and you know the buzzer is going to go off at any minute, and your time will be up, you see things so clearly," she says. "You just know without a doubt where your values are and why you're alive, and you're so grateful for each moment."
At one point, when she thought she had only a short time to live, she planted bareroot roses with her toddler grandson, even though she knew they wouldn't bloom for months. Connecting to nature and to someone she loved "brought me tremendous joy," she says.
Osteraa now gets "unbelievable joy" every afternoon by going outside to read with her legs resting on her 125-lb dog, Clyde, something she says takes her back to the joy she felt as a young child growing up in Norway when her dog would pull her on skis through the woods.
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Mike Cheung
posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 7:48 am
I am interested to conduct multigroup factor mixture model in which "groups" are treated as "subjects" in factor mixture models. Is it possible to use Mplus to classify the groups into several homogeneous classes, say 2 or 3, of models?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 10:34 am
It sounds like you want your unit of analysis to be group rather than individual. Is this what you mean? If not, please explain in more detail. It is possible to do multiple group factor mixture modeling using the KNOWNCLASS option. but in this case the unknown classes correspond to classes of individuals not classes of groups.
Mike Cheung
posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 6:26 pm
Yes, the unit of analysis is group rather than individual. The KNOWNCLASS option may not be appropriate for my case because the interest is on the classes of groups, not individuals. Thank you for your suggestion.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 6:44 am
If that is the case, then create a data set where each record represents one group and do the analysis. You will get classes of groups.
Mike Cheung
posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 7:36 am
Are you suggesting to use the summary statistics (e.g,. covariance matrix) as the input and conduct factor mixture analysis? If I have 3 variables for a CFA model, the data structure would be something like:
Group_ID var11 cov21 var22 cov31 cov32 var33
Can Mplus fit models with such data structures where one row represents one group? Moreover, how can I tell the sample size per group in Mplus?
I have orderd Mplus 3. Could you point me to the relevant pages for the syntax or examples? Thanks a lot!
posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 11:11 am
No, I don't think you want to do mixture modeling on covariance matrix elements. Instead, you can create the group-averages of all of your variables and then do the (single-level) factor mixture modeling on those new variables, where your sample size is the number of groups. Is that of interest to you?
FYI - in twolevel analysis, Mplus is intended for mixture modeling with classes that vary across individuals, not for classes that vary only across clusters. I think some limited forms of the latter can be done by tricks, however.
Mike Cheung
posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 6:40 pm
Indeed, I want to do mixture modeling on correlation matrices which are the only available summary statistics in my data set.
I will try to work around with Mplus. Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 10:03 am
Are you saying that you don't have raw data but only summary data to analyze?
Mike Cheung
posted on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 8:24 pm
Yes, I only have the summary data such as the correlation matrices and sample sizes. Since they are heterogeneous, I want to see whether there are several classes of CFA models or not.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 6:10 am
The correlation matrices alone are not sufficient to build a mixture model.
Mixture models fit third and forth order moments roughly speaking. Mplus can
build mixture models only with raw data.
Chuck Green
posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 9:55 am
We are currently running a multigroup model (path analysis) in which we have two normally distributed predictors and a poisson distributed outcome. The purpose of the analysis is to evaluate: 1) Whether the model is invariant across groups, and 2) If there is some invariance, whether one of the predictors functions differentially as a mediator in the two groups (as a buffer in one group and as a risk factor in the other group). I I understand correctly, since the outcome is poisson distributed this necessitates use of the integration algorithm, which in turn requires that the multigroup analysis be carried-out as a mixture model with the "KNOWNCLASS" option being used to fix group membership. We are puzzled because our path coefficients change dramatically (i.e. in magnitude and direction) in each group when this analysis is performed. The change occurs in a direction opposite to theoretical prediction. Moreover, analyzing the data ignoring the count nature of the data, as well as analysis of the data using a series of poisson regressions in the Baron and Kenny approach both yield relations in the direction predicted by theory. We are wondering if we are misinterpreting the coefficients in the mulitgroup/mixture model.
Our code is as follows:
ETOHB_T on apcqaexp;
ETOHB_T on apcqabeh;
apcqabeh on apcqaexp;
ETOHB_T on apcqaexp;
ETOHB_T on apcqabeh;
!apcqabeh on apcqaexp;
Finally, when we output a data set from this analysis, the class defining variable from the KNOWNCLASS statement and the predicted class membership "C" differ. Should they be the same if we are fixing class membership?
Chuck Green
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:31 am
I would need to see your input, data, output, saved data, and license number at
to answer this.
Jennifer Hamilton
posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 2:15 pm
I would like to run a multigroup growth mixture model with two classes. I would like group membership to predict the manifest variables. Furthermore, I would like the resulting estimates to be by class and not by groupxclass. Is this possible? This is the best that I could come up with so far....
title: GMM with group membership predicting scores - test
FILE = "C:\mixed.dat";
NAMES ARE v1 v2 v3 v4 class strata;
USEVARIABLES ARE v1 v2 v3 v4;
CLASSES = cg (2) c (2);
KNOWNCLASS = cg (strata = 0 strata = 1);
i s |
i WITH
i*5; s*1;
[i* s*];
!v1-v4 ON cg#1;
[i* s*];
[i* s*];
[i* s*];
OUTPUT: stand; tech4; SAMPSTAT;
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:04 am
The way you have specified the model, you are saying that the growth means vary across all 4 group and class combinations. That seems natural when you have a grouping variable. You would get the same effect if you simply used a dummy x variable to represent group and regressed the growth factors on x.
Note that you may also want c#1 on cg#1 in the overall part of the model as in UG ex 7.21. Otherwise, they are unrelated.
Another approach makes it clear which parameters vary across group only and which vary across class only. For this you would use as an example
Model cg:
Model c:
so that only [i] varies across group and only [s] varies across class.
Jennifer Hamilton
posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:31 am
Thank you so much for responding so quickly! The problem is that I do not want the resulting parameter estimates by group (i.e. pattern 11 and so on). I only want the results by class. So I would have an overall mean intercept estimate for class 1 and another one for class 2. Is there a way to do this? Thank you once again for your patience.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:45 am
One way is to ignore group. But perhaps you want to allow for the group difference and then simply report the combined estimate, weighted across the groups? If that is what you mean, I think it can be done.
Jennifer Hamilton
posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:53 am
Yes, that is exactly what I would like to do (allow for the group difference and then simply report the combined estimates by class)! Delighted to hear that it may be possible. But how would one go about doing such a thing?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:43 pm
One way would be to use Model Constraint. See the V4 UG. In the Model statements, you give the class-specific parameters labels and then you refer to those in Model constraint. For example,
[i] (i1);
[i] (i2);
Model constraint:
icomb = i1*n1 + i2*n2;
where in place of n1 and n2 you give the sample sizes for the two groups. The new parameter icomb will have the combined (weighted) estimate and its SE.
Mirjana Radovanovic
posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 7:43 am
I will be grateful for any advice and also correction if I'm totally off in the following two questions:
1) We would like to be able to do multigroup comparison of latent class factor analysis (LCFA) and factor mixture model (FMA). Would the use of KONWNCLASS subcommand to define grouping variable (countries in our case) solve this issue?
2) We have two completely different samples (gated and non-gated) with data on the same variables (diagnostic criteria). Is there a way to use LCFA or FMA modeling on both samples and compare results from the two samples (and modeling approaches)? Could the approach via KNOWNCLASS(to define from which sample is a subject) be applied in such a situation?
Thank you in advance! Mirjana
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 8:52 am
1. With mixture modeling, the KNOWNCLASS option is used for multiple group modeling instead of the GROUPING option.
2. I don't know what the difference between gated and non-gated is. If one sample is selected on some criteria and the other is not, they should not be compared without taking this into account which is complex. See Pearson-Lawley selection bias.
Mirjana Radovanovic
posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 9:19 am
Thank you very much for your reply.
ad 1)We'll use KNOWNCLASS for comparisons.
ad 2)Thank you for the reference on selection bias.
I hope I will be able to explain the situation more clearly: we have two different samples about the same disorder; in one sample every participant was asked all the questions for all criteria; in another sample participants were asked few questions first and only a subgroup of these was asked the rest of questions (a hurdle or a gate was imposed). So data from second sample refer to a specific subgroup of participants in the study(=those who passed the gate). We would like to tease out the effect of this gate on estimates as compared with the situation where no gate was imposed (in the other sample, totally unrelated in every aspect to the gated one, but the same instrument was used). By mimicking the gating process in ungated sample, the change in estimates explains the situation in that particular sample. How (if at all) would it be possible to get insight in gating effect in the other(irreversibly gated) sample? Would running an analysis on combined data(by merging two samples) and using sample_id variable as a known class membership help getting the right answer?
Thank you for all suggestions! Mirjana
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 6:25 pm
The sample that used gating (the "irreversibly gated" sample) has observations for all subjects for the gate items, but observations on the non-gate items for only the subset of subjects who passed the gate - those who did not pass the gate have missing data on the non-gate items. To draw inference to the full population of subjects is a "MAR" missing data problem. Since your gate fully explains the missing data, MAR holds (see the Little & Rubin missing data book), which means that you should simply use Mplus TYPE=MISSING where you have entered missing data symbols for the non-gated items among subject who did not pass the gate. This means that the subjects with observations on the gate items but not the non-gate items will contribute to the estimation of the parameters for the non-gate items.
You can check this approach in the sample where a gate was not used and where you simulated a gate.
No Knownclass matter is involved here.
Mirjana Radovanovic
posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 8:36 am
Thank you very much for the advice. We'll do that and see what happens.
Thank you again,
Stephen Tueller
posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 1:20 pm
For the
option for input data, can Mplus read in multiple group data? I have tried the following structure in my data file without success (mean vectors are row vectors and covariance matrices are lower right triangular with blank upper left as shown in the Mplus Users Guide):
mean vector for group 1
covariance matrix for group 1
mean vector for group 2
covariance matrix for group 2
Thank you
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 1:30 pm
For multiple group analysis, you need to also specify the NOBSERVATIONS and NGROUPS options. This is described in Chapter 13 under Summary Data One Dataset in the Multiple Group discussion. If this is not the problem, please send your input, data, output, and license number to
Anthony Mancini
posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:00 pm
I have a 5-wave longitudinal dataset in which some participants are siblings. To account for the nested structure of the data, I would like to conduct a multi-level longitudinal growth mixture analysis. My outcome variables are categorical, not continuous.
The Mplus manual includes examples for continuous outcomes (10.8 - 10.10) but not for categorical.
Can multi-level GMMs be done with categorical outcomes?
Thank you in advance.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 5:02 pm
Mahima Hada
posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 11:22 am
I am estimating a two-level path analysis Level 1 is i and Level 2 is j. Equations:
Biasij = a1_0j + b1_ij* X1_ij + e_ij1
Evalij = a2_0j + b2_ij*X2_ij + e_ij2 ,
And the manager level (level 2) equations are,
a10j = v100 + r0_j1
a20j = v200 + r0_j2
Next,I have estimated the same equations to check for latent classes at the i level. I understand how two-level latent class regression works statistically (from Muthen and Asaparouhov 2009).
Is there a paper you could guide me to which would describe the two-level latent class model for a path analytic regression. How is the multinomial regression equation set up? And how are the errors correlated across the two sets of equations, random effects and the classes?
Thanks for your guidance,
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 11:49 am
The only other paper of some relevance to this (although it is not about path analysis) is:
Henry, K. & Muth�n, B. (2010). Multilevel latent class analysis: An application of adolescent smoking typologies with individual and contextual predictors. Structural Equation Modeling, 17, 193-215.
Regarding the multinomial regression, I don't think there is any difference between how it is set up in Muthen-Asparouhov (2009; eqn 4). As in that paper, the errors can be correlated within each of the two levels.
Mahima Hada
posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 1:27 pm
Jan-Willem Kroon
posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 6:49 am
Dear Dr. Muthen,
I am trying to run a multiple group(2) growth mixture model with two known classes (gender). The purpose of the analysis is to look for different latent classes in each group. I already ran a gender specific model but the results differed with the multiple group analysis, for both groups. I found the same number of latent classes per group, but the counts and proportions for each latent class variable, the means and variances of the intercept, slope and quadratic slope differed significantly. I wonder what i'm doing wrong. Because I am still a rookie in this area, I could use some help here.
My input is:
Multiple groups:
classes=cg(2) c(2);
knownclass=cg(g1sex=0 g1sex=1);
starts=500 20;
lrtstarts=2 1 50 15;
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Thank you in advance, jan-Willem
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 10:01 am
If you don't find similar trajectory classes for each group in the separate analyses, it does not make sense to compare the group;s in a known class analysis. If you want us to look at this, send the outputs for the two separate analyses and the joint analysis along with your license number to
Jan-Willem Kroon
posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 6:45 am
Thank you for your response. I think I've found the problem.
With kind regards,
jan-Willem Kroon
Yunfei Wu
posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 - 8:17 am
I am trying to measure factor invariance across gender using maximum likelihood estimator with categorical outcomes. Because I have 30 variables, I got a message "THE CHI-SQUARE TEST CANNOT BE COMPUTED BECAUSE THE FREQUENCY TABLE FOR THE
LATENT CLASS INDICATOR MODEL PART IS TOO LARGE." Based on the suggestion of the website, it seems that I can still use the difference of loglikelihood and free parameters to get the difference test result. But the problem is that I got the same loglikelihood values from my two nest models. Is it normal? Does that mean that there is factor invariance across gender then? Thanks.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 - 6:06 pm
Getting exactly the same loglikelihood probably means that you have set up the models incorrectly - send relevant information to support.
Tom Carpenter
posted on Monday, March 11, 2019 - 12:45 am
I wish to (1) sort cases into latent classes and (2) use that class variable in an SEM model. I wish to define the class by three continuous indicators. I then wanted to examine how latent class interacted with other latent variables to predict outcomes. My questions are as follows:
1) how do I tell Mplus to define the latent class from specific variables? It appears that it uses all variables in "usevaraibles are"? I am used to typical factors (e.g., f1 by x1 x2 x3). How do I sort cases into latent classes on the basis of specific indicators when I am analyzing relations with a larger set of variables?
2) I would like to examine interactions with other latent variables. Can I use XWITH when one variable is a latent class? Is is possible to use latent classes in a multigroup analysis in Mplus?
Thank you
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 6:01 pm
1) See UG ex 7.19 to get ideas.
2) No, XWITH cannot be used. Yes, multigroup analysis is shown in several UG examples.
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Today, I am posting an easy and yet elegant dessert recipe called Strawberry Millefeuille. It's a traditional dessert made by layering puff pastry with fresh whipped cream and you can fill it with your favorite fruits. Making the fresh whipped cream for this dessert is so much easier if you use a portable hand mixer. Well, if you do not have one in your kitchen, the kind folks at CSN Stores have generously agreed to giveaway a $60 online store credit which you can use to purchase one from them. They have a wide selection of products on their websites, it ranges from kitchen tools, baby toys, gadgets, office desks, to even barstools!
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Recipe adapted from Williams-Sonoma Cooking for Friends by Alison Attenborough and Jamie Kimm
Strawberry Millefeuille
(Printable Recipe)
1 Sheet Puff Pastry (1/2 package), thawed according to package instructions and unfolded
1 Egg, lightly beaten
1 ½ Cups Thinly Sliced Strawberries
Juice of ½ Lemon
1 Tbsp Granulated Sugar
1 Cup Heavy Cream
Confectioner's sugar for dusting
Preheat the oven to 375˚F.
On a lightly floured board, roll out the pastry sheet to ¼ inch thickness. Cut in half lengthwise. Transfer the 2 rectangles to a rimmed baking sheet. Prick them evenly all over with a fork and brush with the beaten egg. Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a bowl, stir together the strawberries, lemon juice and sugar. Set aside.
In another bowl, using a whisk, whip the cream until soft peaks form.
Using a serrated knife, slice 1 rectangle horizontally to create 2 layers. Use the uncut rectangle as the base. Top with half of the whipped cream and 1/3 of the strawberries. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to create 2 more layers, finishing with just strawberries. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving
Serves 6
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I would love to win a hand mixer! I feel like its something everyone should have, but I somehow don't... and I dont' always feel like dirtying the kitchen aid.ReplyDelete
I'd stick with the traditional strawberries with this. Such a classic paired with cream. Although banana might be interesting too.
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- Michelle BApril 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Strawberry would be my favorite choice of fruit for the Millefeuille but i would also use peachesReplyDelete
- Michelle BApril 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM
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- Michelle BApril 9, 2010 at 12:22 PM
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Although I love strawberries, another option could be peaches or black/blueberriesReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 1:12 PM
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your strawberry millefeuille looks stunning!!ReplyDelete
My mouth is watering! Strawberry would be my choice!ReplyDelete
I'd love to try a raspberry millefeuille!ReplyDelete
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I would definitely stick with the strawberry...looks delicious!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 2:59 PM
My other preferred choice would be mango or blueberriesReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 3:20 PM
So we have to follow you on Twitter to participate in this contest or is it an option?ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: Not necessary, you are allowed to post up to a maximum of 3 entries.ReplyDelete
Raspberry would be my choice of fruitReplyDelete
Anything raspberry for me!ReplyDelete
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I think Strawberry would be perfect for this desert however maybe raspberries or I wonder what pineapple and coconut would be like..... :)ReplyDelete
I'm following you and have tweeted the giveaway as well! Love your recipes, BTW, I've been reading for a while now!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I adore strawberries, so that would be my fruit of choiceReplyDelete
Although I do wonder how a caramel/pear combination would taste...ReplyDelete
Raspberry or peaches!!!! nom nom nom, yum!ReplyDelete
this looks delicious, but..ReplyDelete
1. If strawberry is not your favorite choice of fruit for the Millefeuille, then what would be your other preferred choices?
i think i might use mango, mangoes are coming back to season soon (enough)!
- bunkycooksApril 9, 2010 at 6:26 PM
I think that really ripe peaches would be delicious in this dessert!ReplyDelete
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Strawberries would definitely be my first choice, but peaches would be REALLY good, too!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Kiwi would be good too!ReplyDelete
Strawberry would be my favorite choice of fruit for the Millefeuille.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 8:22 PM
If it's not strawberries, I will make this with mango.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
This dessert reminds me of something I had before in KL - strudels. They were also made with layers of puff pastry, cream and fruits. Apple strudels were great.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 8:30 PM
I'd prefer blackberries or raspberries, myself. Looks lovely, nonetheless.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Oh man - I would love this with strawberries, but with the addition of lemon curd. Yum!!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2010 at 8:37 PM
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Philippine or Thai mangoes, of course! Or actually, I would make an avocado-whipped cream filling, no actual pieces of fruit required. =)ReplyDelete
Blueberry or raspberry. Beautiful dessert!ReplyDelete
Came here through StumbleUpon and am i glad i stumbled upon here or what! Love your blog! This classic napolean is best with strawberries. I am following your blog and also favorited on StumbleUpon. On to follow you on twitter - @scATmirchmasalaReplyDelete
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Definitely blueberries - they are my favorite fruit! :)ReplyDelete
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I would also prefer strawberries.ReplyDelete
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Sounds Delicious!
Peaches would be great choice.ReplyDelete
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strawberries are great, but i lovveee blackberriesReplyDelete
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- CamilliaApril 10, 2010 at 8:46 AM
I would love to try a blackberry or raspberry millefeuille :)ReplyDelete
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Raspberries or blueberries would be good. Personally, I prefer mine with just custard and no fruit.ReplyDelete
I would love to make this with kiwi!ReplyDelete
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So easy and elegant ... good enuf reason to always keep some frozen puff pastry around!ReplyDelete
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I would use blackberriesReplyDelete
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This not only sounds delicious it looks like a work of art!ReplyDelete
I wonder how it would taste with currants...ReplyDelete
A mango millefeuille sounds mighty delicious. I think I'll try it sometimes!ReplyDelete
I love love love peaches, more so than strawberries. =)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2010 at 9:16 AM
I would like to try this with either mango or dragonfruit.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 11, 2010 at 9:17 AM
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As the heat starts mountain down South, peaches would probably be my go-to!ReplyDelete
I would like strawberry on mine. It would be like a flaky strawberry shortcake!! Yours looks perfect!!ReplyDelete
The strawberry one looks delicious.ReplyDelete
If not strawberries, then definitely raspberries. Even though they're similar in color, they're so different in taste and texture that you could have a completely different (but equally delicious!) millefeuille experience! Mmmm...ReplyDelete
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Strawberries would actually be my first choice! But if I didn't have straweberries, I'd go with blueberries... yum!ReplyDelete
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I would choose Strawberry. It looks amazing!ReplyDelete
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This millefeuille is BEAUTIFUL! If not strawberries, I'd pick fresh raspberries for sure! Mmm...ReplyDelete
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i would love strawberries and blueberries...=)ReplyDelete
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I think it would be lovely with thinly sliced peaches!ReplyDelete
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OMG this dessert looks amazing! I'd like the strawberry, but a Millefeuille (I have to admit I've never heard of these until reading this post) with Lemon Curd and Raspberries sounds great to me. I love lemon desserts.ReplyDelete
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