Table 2.

Effects in Linear Equations and Estimates of the Variances – MIMIC model

Parameter	Indicators	Latent Variable	Parameter	SAS	Mplus	R	t-value (SAS)
Factor Loading	SGST (Y1)	Executive Functioning	λ11	0.13 (0.004)	0.14 (0.004)	0.14 (0.004)	33.53
	NmCorr (Y2)	Executive Functioning	λ21	7.60 (0.159)	7.60 (0.159)	7.60 (0.159)	47.8
	NmSr (Y3)	Executive Functioning	λ31	0.83 (0.021)	0.83 (0.022)	0.83 (0.021)	38.49
	UniItemF (Y4)	Executive Functioning	λ41	2.97 (0.087)	2.97 (0.087)	2.97 (0.087)	34.24
	DgtSpan (Y5)	Executive Functioning	λ51	0.57 (0.022)	0.57 (0.022)	0.57 (0.022)	26.01
	UniItemD (Y6)	Episodic Memory	λ62	2.06 (0.036)	2.06 (0.035)	2.06 (0.036)	57.84
	UniItemI (Y7)	Episodic Memory	λ72	1.85 (0.031)	1.85 (0.032)	1.85 (0.031)	59.15
Regression Coefficient	Age	Executive Functioning	γ11	−0.05 (0.002)	−0.05 (0.002)	−0.05 (0.002)	−26.8
	Gender	Executive Functioning	γ12	−0.38 (0.038)	−0.38 (0.038)	− 0.38 (0.038)	−10
	Age	Episodic Memory	γ21	−0.03 (0.001)	−0.03 (0.001)	− 0.03 (0.001)	−20.73
	Gender	Episodic Memory	γ22	0.53 (0.035)	0.53 (0.035)	0.53 (0.034)	15.27
Residual Variance	SGST (Y1)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_1}^2$	0.06 (0.001)	0.06 (0.001)	0.06 (0.001)	39.96
	NmCorr (Y2)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_2}^2$	53.95 (1.944)	53.95 (1.982)	53.95 (1.943)	27.75
	NmSr (Y3)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_3}^2$	1.42 (0.038)	1.42 (0.038)	1.42 (0.038)	37.4
	UniItemF (Y4)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_4}^2$	25.38 (0.640)	25.38 (0.642)	25.38 (0.640)	39.65
	DgtSpan (Y5)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_5}^2$	1.83 (0.043)	1.83 (0.043)	1.83 (0.043)	42.45
	UniItemD (Y6)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_6}^2$	1.73 (0.106)	1.73 (0.106)	1.73 (0.106)	16.39
	UniItemI (Y7)		${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_7}^2$	0.93 (0.082)	0.93 (0.082)	0.93 (0.082)	11.39
Covariance		Executive Functioning vs. Episodic Memory	cov(ζ1, ζ2)	0.44 (0.017)	0.44 (0.018)	0.44 (0.017)	25.3