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Hello, I am running polychoric correlations on a dataset composed of 12 ordinal and binary variables (N =384), using the polycor package. One of the association (between 2 dichotomous variables) is very high using the 2-step estimate (0.933 when polychoric run only between the two variables; but 0.801 when polychoric run on the 12 variables). The same correlation run with ML estimate returns a

Hello All, Recently, I was asked to help out with an SEM cross-validation analysis. Initially, the project was based on "sample-splitting" where half of cases were randomly assigned to a training sample and half to a testing sample. Attempts to replicate a model developed in the training sample using the testing sample were not entirely successful. A number of parameter estimates were

Hello, I'd like to know if there is a way to fit a Structural equation model with dichotomous indicators (ex: problem with a phone solved/ or not) having effects on a ordinal variable. How I do that using R? Do you have an example with the code in R that you can send to me? Thanks a lot! Renata Estrella UFRJ, Brasil, Rio de Janeiro Renata Leite Estrella Assistente de

I have been trying to use lavaan (version 0.4-7) for a simple path model, but the program seems to be computing far less degrees of freedom for my model then it should have. I have 7 variables, which should give (7)(8)/2 = 28 covariances, and hence 28 DF. The model seems to only think I have 13 DF. The code to reproduce the problem is below. Have I done something wrong, or is this something I

I am trying to install R on a SLED 10.1 machine. R-base-2.7.0-7.1-i586.rpm fails with stas at linux-6b8s:~/RPMs> rpm -Uvh R-base-2.7.0-7.1.i586.rpm warning: R-base-2.7.0-7.1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 14ec5930 error: Failed dependencies: libgfortran.so.1 is needed by R-base-2.7.0-7.1.i586 I tried to trick it into believing there's the library by setting up

Dears, I'm a college student and In doing my statistics homework. I use R with SEM package as my tool for sem analysis, but my teacher told me AMOS is more suitable for such analysis. Could someone help tell me whether it is true that some commercial software is better accepted in academic fields? Sorry if I should not post such topics here. -- Best Regards, Reeyarn T. Lee Accounting

Hi, we are trying to do structural equation modelling on R. However, one of our predictor variables is categorical (smoker/nonsmoker). Now, if we want to run the sem() command (from the sem library), we need to specify a covariance matrix (cov). However, Pearson's correlation does not work on the dichotomous variable, so instead we produced a covariance matrix using the Spearman's (or

I have been working through the book "Applied longitudinal data analysis: modeling change and event occurrence" by Judith D. Singer and John B. Willett. I have been working examples using SAS and also using it as an opportunity for learning to use R for statistical analysis. I ran into some difficulties in chapter 8 which deals with using structural equation modeling. I have tried to

I am looking to fit one or more latent categorical variables to data that is a mixture of categorical and continuous variables. Factor analysis would work for continuous data, latent class analysis for categorical data. I understand that in a package such as MPlus I could perform a single analysis of both data types. Are there similar routines available in R? Stuart -----Original Message-----

Hi I am looking for a structural equation modeling package in R which can be used for categorical data. Is anyone aware of the existence of such a package? Would appreciate any help on this. Thank you Upasna -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upasna Sharma Research Scholar Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Hello: I am working with a stratified survey dataset with sampling weights and I want to use multiple imputation to help with missingness. 1. Is there a way to run an ordered logistic regression using both a multiply imputed dataset (i.e. from mice) and adjust for the survey characteristics using the weight variable? The Zelig package is able to do binary logistic regressions for survey

Hi Sorry for the rather long message. I am trying to use the cfa command in the lavaan package to run a CFA however I am unsure over a couple of issues. I have @25 dichotomous variables, 300 observations and an EFA on a training dataset suggests a 3 factor model. After defining the model I use the command fit.dat <- cfa(model.1, data=my.dat, std.lv = T, estimator="WLSMV",

what does R have to compare with , say , proc surveymeans, estimate survey means/proportions with standard errors, using Taylor methods? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Dear there, I am working on the NHANES survey data, and want to apply quantile regression on these complex survey data. Does anyone know how to do this? Thank you in advance, Yiling Cheng Yiling J. Cheng MD, PhD Epidemiologist CoCHP, Division of Diabetes Translation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway, N.E. Mailstop K-10 Atlanta, GA 30341 [[alternative HTML

Dear R users, I am trying to import a table from STATA, a dta file. With a table called "table", this is what I do : library("foreign") read.dta(table) It does not work. What am I doing wrong ? Best Regards, Dwayne [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Dear R-Users, Is anyone aware of a significance test which allows demonstrating that one distribution dominates another? Let F(t) and G(t) be two distribution functions, the alternative hypothesis would be something like: F(t) >= G(t), for all t null hypothesis: F(t) < G(t), for some t. Best wishes, Matthias PS. This one would be ok, as well: F(t) > G(t), for all t null

G'Day R users! Following an ordination using prcomp, I'd like to test which variables singnificantly contribute to a principal component. There is a method suggested by Peres-Neto and al. 2003. Ecology 84:2347-2363 called "bootstrapped eigenvector". It was asked for that in this forum in January 2005 by J?r?me Lema?tre: "1) Resample 1000 times with replacement entire

I'm trying to learn how to calibrate/postStratify/rake survey data in preparation for a large survey effort we're about to embark upon. As a working example, I have results from a small survey of ~650 respondents, ~90 response fields each. I'm trying to learn how to (properly?) apply the aforementioned functions. My data are from a bus on board survey. The expansion in the

Good Morning, Is it possible to use the R program for a CFA with dichotomous data? Thank you, Kathleen Kathleen Kemp, M.A. Doctoral Clinical Psychology Student, Concentration: Forensic Psychology Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104 kk354@drexel.edu [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Hello all! I want to estimate parameters in a MIMIC model. I have one latent variable (ksi), four reflexive indicators (y1, y2, y3 and y4) and four formative indicators (x1, x2, x3, x4). Is there a way to do it in R? I know there is the SEM library, but it seems not to be possible to specify formative indicators, that is, observed exogenous variables which causes the latent variable. Thanks,