lav2lvnet {lvnet}

Convert lavaan model to lvnet model matrices

Description

This function can be used to easily generate input matrices for lvnet based on a lavaan model.

Usage

lav2lvnet(model, data, std.lv = TRUE, lavaanifyOps = list(auto = TRUE, std.lv = std.lv))

Arguments

model

Lavaan model syntax

data

The dataset. Only used to extract order of variables names from the columnnames.

std.lv

Should the model be identified by constraining latent variable variance to 1. Defaults to TRUE unlike lavaan! This is because the starting values work better for this identification.

lavaanifyOps

A list with other options sent to lavaanify

Value

A list with the model matrices for lambda, psi, theta and beta

Author(s)

Sacha Epskamp <[e-mail]>

Examples

## Not run: 
library("lavaan")

# Load dataset:
data(HolzingerSwineford1939)
Data <- HolzingerSwineford1939[,7:15]

# lavaan model
HS.model <- '
visual  =~ x1 + x2 + x3
textual =~ x4 + x5 + x6
speed   =~ x7 + x8 + x9 '

# fit via lavaan:
lavFit <- cfa(HS.model, HolzingerSwineford1939[7:15],std.lv=TRUE)

# Fit via lvnet:
mod <- lav2lvnet(HS.model, HolzingerSwineford1939[7:15])
lvnetFit <- lvnet(Data, lambda = mod$lambda, psi = mod$psi)

# Compare:
Compare <- data.frame(
  lvnet = round(unlist(lvnetFit$fitMeasures)[c("npar","df","chisq","fmin","aic","bic",
                                              "rmsea","cfi","tli","nfi","logl")],3),
  lavaan = round(fitMeasures(lavFit)[c("npar","df","chisq","fmin","aic","bic","rmsea",
                                      "cfi","tli","nfi","logl")],3))

Compare

## End(Not run)