gather_mplus_output: Gather Mplus Output in One Table

In Boklauth/AUTTT: A Unified Treatment in Test Theory

Gather Mplus Output in One Table

Description

The function gather standardized parameter estimates produced by Mplus. It reads the file with the extention ".out".

Usage

gather_mplus_output(
  main_dir,
  cell_folders,
  est_folder,
  cell_prefix,
  start_cell,
  end_cell,
  nreps,
  methods
)

Arguments

main_dir	This is the main directory in which folders representing study conditions and data sets for the conditions are stored.
cell_folders	This object contains the names of the the folders representing the experimental conditions/cells.
cell_prefix	It is prefix given to an R object. The function will add a number after it to make an object name for a study condition (e.g., U1).
start_cell	This is an integer value specifying the start cell/condition of the study.
end_cell	This is an integer value specifying the final cell/condition of the study.
nreps	It is the total of replications for a conditions/cell.
methods	There are three options: "read", "gather" and "all". If "read",it will read Mplus output files and saves it as an object in its cell/condition folder. If "gather", the function will gather standardized parameter estimates by assuming that "read" method has been executed previously and the R objects are loaded from the location specified by the user. If "all", the function will first read the results from Mplus output files, save the object in its folder, and gather the standardized parameter estimates. It is suggested that you use the method "read" and "gather" later.
est_folders	It is the folder name(s), where Mplus scripts are created and stored using the function mplus_montecarlo_analysis_grm2().

Value

It will return a table with all standardized parameter estimates obtained by a particular estimator for all replications and conditions.

Examples

library(AUTTT)

main_dir2 <- "C:/Users/shh6304/Desktop/test"
load(paste0(main_dir2, "/folders.Rdata"))
cell_folders <- folders
est_folder <- c("ULSMV_delta")
cell_prefix <- "U"

ulsmv_est <- gather_mplus_output(main_dir = ,
                                 cell_folders = cemain_dir2ll_folders,
                                 est_folder = "ULSMV_delta",
                                 nreps = 5,
                                 cell_prefix = "U",
                                 start_cell = 1,
                                 end_cell = 12,
                                 methods = "all")

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