IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28

The number of burn-in observations and the number of post-burn-in observations generated so far.

For example, "500+27,000", means that there have been a total of 27,500 observations consisting of 500 burn-in observations and 27,000 post-burn-in observations.

An "*" character means that thinning of the samples has occurred. For example, "(500+27000)*8" means that the sample has been thinned three times so that only one out of eight observations remains. There have been a total of 220,000 observations, of which only 27,500 remain. Of those 27,500, 500 were treated as burn-in observations.