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* Online Stats Training.
* Mplus: how to get started. 
* Data Preparation for Mplus.
* By Rens van de Schoot, Utrecht University.
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* Recode missing values to -999.
RECODE respnr Dutch gender sd covert overt (sysmis=-999) (else=copy).
EXECUTE.

* Save data as tab-limited file.
SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='<path directory to preferred folder>'
/TYPE=TAB
/textoptions decimal = dot
/MAP
/REPLACE
/CELLS=VALUES.