IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28

The number of burn-in observations and the number of post-burn-in observations at the time of the most recent refresh of the displayed results. (Displayed results are not refreshed every time the MCMC algorithm generates a new observation. By default, the display is refreshed every 1000-th observation. You can change the default on the Refresh tab of the Bayesian SEM Options window.)

For example, "500+27,000", means that there were a total of 27,500 observations consisting of 500 burn-in observations and 27,000 post-burn-in observations at the time of the most recent refresh of the displayed results.

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