Sandbox - 03

Background

This is a sandbox for exploring the data, in preparation for adding to the results section.

This document is organized around two sets of model specifications:

  1. Fit using the R package mclust
  2. Fit using the commerical software MPlus

Both are interfaced to through the tidyLPA package.

Models that are specified

mclust

For models fit using mclust, eight model specifications are tested, where all five refers to the variables for cognitive (learning), behavioral (hard working), and affective (enjoy), and challenge and competence, where three refers to just the three engagement measures. Note that the prior is to regularize the parameter estimates to be more less likely to be extreme (and therefore to be less likely to lead to convergence problems, but possibly less meaningful / interpretable).

  • All five variables w/ no prior
  • All five w/ prior

MPlus

  • All five variables

1. mclust profiles

1A. All five - no prior

##    n_profiles
## 1           1
## 2           2
## 3           3
## 4           4
## 5           5
## 6           6
## 7           7
## 8           8
## 9           9
## 10          1
## 11          2
## 12          3
## 13          4
## 14          5
## 15          6
## 16          7
## 17          8
## 18          9
## 19          1
## 20          2
## 21          3
## 22          4
## 23          5
## 24          6
## 25          7
## 26          8
## 27          9
## 28          1
## 29          2
## 30          3
## 31          4
## 32          5
## 33          6
## 34          7
## 35          8
## 36          9
##                                         Covariance matrix structure
## 1  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 2  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 3  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 4  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 5  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 6  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 7  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 8  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 9  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 10         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 11         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 12         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 13         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 14         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 15         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 16         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 17         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 18         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 19    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 20    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 21    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 22    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 23    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 24    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 25    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 26    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 27    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 28              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 29              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 30              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 31              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 32              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 33              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 34              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 35              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 36              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
##         val
## 1  43336.40
## 2  39916.40
## 3  39620.19
## 4  38677.32
## 5  38162.31
## 6        NA
## 7        NA
## 8        NA
## 9        NA
## 10 39225.62
## 11 38423.28
## 12 38149.97
## 13 37676.20
## 14       NA
## 15       NA
## 16       NA
## 17       NA
## 18       NA
## 19 43336.40
## 20       NA
## 21       NA
## 22       NA
## 23       NA
## 24       NA
## 25       NA
## 26       NA
## 27       NA
## 28 39225.62
## 29       NA
## 30       NA
## 31       NA
## 32       NA
## 33       NA
## 34       NA
## 35       NA
## 36       NA

1B. All five - prior

##    n_profiles
## 1           1
## 2           2
## 3           3
## 4           4
## 5           5
## 6           6
## 7           7
## 8           8
## 9           9
## 10          1
## 11          2
## 12          3
## 13          4
## 14          5
## 15          6
## 16          7
## 17          8
## 18          9
## 19          1
## 20          2
## 21          3
## 22          4
## 23          5
## 24          6
## 25          7
## 26          8
## 27          9
## 28          1
## 29          2
## 30          3
## 31          4
## 32          5
## 33          6
## 34          7
## 35          8
## 36          9
##                                         Covariance matrix structure
## 1  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 2  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 3  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 4  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 5  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 6  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 7  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 8  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 9  Varying means, equal variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 1)
## 10         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 11         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 12         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 13         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 14         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 15         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 16         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 17         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 18         Varying means, equal variances and covariances (Model 2)
## 19    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 20    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 21    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 22    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 23    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 24    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 25    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 26    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 27    Varying means and variances, covariances fixed to 0 (Model 3)
## 28              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 29              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 30              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 31              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 32              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 33              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 34              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 35              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
## 36              Varying means, variances, and covariances (Model 5)
##         val
## 1  43336.47
## 2  39916.44
## 3  39620.20
## 4  38677.39
## 5  38162.33
## 6  19742.16
## 7  18464.61
## 8  18089.63
## 9  18478.03
## 10 39225.76
## 11 38423.41
## 12 38149.89
## 13 37676.34
## 14 18650.66
## 15 18264.05
## 16 17897.97
## 17 17712.54
## 18 17660.24
## 19 43336.47
## 20 35585.44
## 21 31132.00
## 22 27818.96
## 23 24544.97
## 24 22373.07
## 25 21054.65
## 26 19504.52
## 27 13200.08
## 28 39225.76
## 29 32462.31
## 30 28420.53
## 31 25140.39
## 32 22443.69
## 33 20339.52
## 34 19025.17
## 35 15637.47
## 36 12098.42

Mplus

2A: All five variables w/ no prior

##   n_profiles             model_1             model_2             model_3
## 1          2           39916.157           38423.266 Convergence problem
## 2          3           39082.592           38049.877 Convergence problem
## 3          4 Convergence problem           37623.057 Convergence problem
## 4          5 Convergence problem   LL not replicated Convergence problem
## 5          6 Convergence problem           37007.914 Convergence problem
## 6          7 Convergence problem           36874.378 Convergence problem
## 7          8 Convergence problem   LL not replicated Convergence problem
## 8          9 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 9         10 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
##               model_4             model_5             model_6
## 1 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 2 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 3 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 4 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 5 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 6 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 7 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 8 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 9 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem

2B: All five variables standardized w/ no prior

##   n_profiles             model_1             model_2             model_3
## 1          2           38639.754           37146.863 Convergence problem
## 2          3           37806.188           36773.473 Convergence problem
## 3          4 Convergence problem           36346.654 Convergence problem
## 4          5 Convergence problem   LL not replicated Convergence problem
## 5          6 Convergence problem           35731.511 Convergence problem
## 6          7 Convergence problem           35597.975 Convergence problem
## 7          8 Convergence problem   LL not replicated Convergence problem
## 8          9 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 9         10 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
##               model_4             model_5             model_6
## 1 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 2 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 3 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 4 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 5 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 6 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 7 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 8 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem
## 9 Convergence problem Convergence problem Convergence problem