savedata: results = file.dat

[philchalmers]

Hi Michael,

I was wondering if importing data from the savedata: results = result.dat Mplus syntax is possible in the package. I saved various output files, including the acov matrix (which read in perfectly), but the results block I can't seem to find. If this isn't supported yet, would it be possible to consider this as a feature request? Cheers.

Phil

[michaelhallquist]

Hi Phil,

The format and contents of the results file varies a lot from one model to the next, so it's tricky to read these in properly in general. A feature request makes sense here, as I haven't implemented reading from the results files yet.

Thanks, Michael

[philchalmers]

Thanks for the reply Michael. I'm mainly looking to obtain more accurate Mplus parameter estimates over and above the default 3 decimal printout. It's great that the ACOV matrix is read in with good accuracy when savedata is used, so it would be nice to make the parameter estimates the same (I'm certainly not opposed to having the results.dat values to replace the less precise parameters internally....in fact that's preferable). Thanks!