* Encoding: UTF-8. * Import Autism data . GET DATA /TYPE = TXT /FILE = 'E:\LMM Data\autism.csv' /DELCASE = LINE /DELIMITERS = "," /ARRANGEMENT = DELIMITED /FIRSTCASE = 2 /IMPORTCASE = ALL /VARIABLES = age F2.1 vsae F3.2 sicdegp F1.0 childid F2.1 . CACHE. EXECUTE. COMPUTE age_2 = age - 2 . EXECUTE . COMPUTE age_2sq = age_2*age_2 . EXECUTE. * Model 6.1 . MIXED vsae WITH age_2 age_2sq BY sicdegp /CRITERIA = CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(5) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) DFMETHOD(KENWARDROGER) /FIXED = age_2 age_2sq sicdegp age_2*sicdegp age_2sq*sicdegp | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD = REML /PRINT = G SOLUTION /RANDOM INTERCEPT age_2 age_2sq | SUBJECT(CHILDID) COVTYPE(UN) SOLUTION . * Model 6.2 . MIXED vsae WITH age_2 age_2sq BY sicdegp /CRITERIA = CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(5) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) DFMETHOD(KENWARDROGER) /FIXED = age_2 age_2sq sicdegp age_2*sicdegp age_2sq*sicdegp | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD = REML /PRINT = G SOLUTION /RANDOM age_2 age_2sq | SUBJECT(CHILDID) COVTYPE(UN) SOLUTION . * Model 6.2a . MIXED vsae WITH age_2 age_2sq BY sicdegp /CRITERIA = CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(5) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) DFMETHOD(KENWARDROGER) /FIXED = age_2 age_2sq sicdegp age_2*sicdegp age_2sq*sicdegp | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD = REML /PRINT = G SOLUTION /RANDOM age_2 | SUBJECT(CHILDID) SOLUTION . * Model 6.2 (ML) . MIXED vsae WITH age_2 age_2sq BY sicdegp /CRITERIA = CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(5) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) /FIXED = age_2 age_2sq sicdegp age_2*sicdegp age_2sq*sicdegp | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD = ML /PRINT = G SOLUTION /RANDOM age_2 age_2sq | SUBJECT(CHILDID) COVTYPE(UN) SOLUTION . * Model 6.3 (ML) . MIXED vsae WITH age_2 age_2sq BY sicdegp /CRITERIA = CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(5) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) /FIXED = age_2 age_2sq sicdegp age_2*sicdegp | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD = ML /PRINT = G SOLUTION /RANDOM age_2 age_2sq | SUBJECT(CHILDID) COVTYPE(UN) SOLUTION . * Model 6.3 (REML) . MIXED vsae WITH age_2 age_2sq BY sicdegp /CRITERIA = CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(5) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) DFMETHOD(KENWARDROGER) /FIXED = age_2 age_2sq sicdegp age_2*sicdegp | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD = REML /PRINT = G SOLUTION /SAVE = PRED RESID /RANDOM age_2 age_2sq | SUBJECT(CHILDID) COVTYPE(UN) SOLUTION .