Mplus Base Program 8.9

Mplus Base Program is a statistical modeling application designed for building, estimating, and comparing latent variable and structural equation models. It is widely used in the social, behavioral, education, and health sciences for tasks such as confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, mediation and moderation, and longitudinal growth modeling. The software uses a concise, syntax-driven language that lets researchers specify complex models clearly and reproduce analyses with ease.

Key capabilities:

• Supports a broad range of outcomes (continuous, binary, ordinal, nominal, count, and censored) and multiple predictors within the same model
• Offers robust estimation options (e.g., maximum likelihood and weighted least squares) and standard error adjustments for non-normality
• Handles missing data with full-information methods and supports multiple imputation workflows
• Provides comprehensive model fit statistics (e.g., CFI, TLI, RMSEA, SRMR), residuals, and modification indices for diagnostics
• Includes a Monte Carlo facility for simulation studies, power analysis, and design evaluation
• Accepts common rectangular data formats and enables batch processing for automation and reproducibility

Typical uses:

• Measuring latent constructs and testing measurement invariance
• Examining direct and indirect effects in mediation and moderation
• Modeling change over time with growth curves and latent trajectory models

Note: Some advanced functionality (such as multilevel or mixture modeling) may depend on the specific license or add-on components available in your installation.

Mplus Base Program is developed by Muthen & Muthen and is used by 2 users of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4. The name of the program executable file is Mpluswin.exe.