cSEMModel

cSEMModel

Value

An object of class cSEMModel is a standardized list containing the following components. J stands for the number of constructs and K for the number of indicators.

$structural

A matrix mimicking the structural relationship between constructs. If constructs are only linearly related, structural is of dimension (J x J) with row- and column names equal to the construct names. If the structural model contains nonlinear relationships structural is (J x (J + J*)) where J* is the number of nonlinear terms. Rows are ordered such that exogenous constructs are always first, followed by constructs that only depend on exogenous constructs and/or previously ordered constructs.

$measurement

A (J x K) matrix mimicking the measurement/composite relationship between constructs and their related indicators. Rows are in the same order as the matrix $structural with row names equal to the construct names. The order of the columns is such that $measurement forms a block diagonal matrix.

$error_cor

A (K x K) matrix mimicking the measurement error correlation relationship. The row and column order is identical to the column order of $measurement.

$cor_specified

A matrix indicating the correlation relationships between any variables of the model as specified by the user. Mainly for internal purposes. Note that $cor_specified may also contain inadmissible correlations such as a correlation between measurement errors indicators and constructs.

$construct_type

A named vector containing the names of each construct and their respective type ("Common factor" or "Composite").

$construct_order

A named vector containing the names of each construct and their respective order ("First order" or "Second order").

$model_type

The type of model ("Linear" or "Nonlinear").

$instruments

Only if instruments are supplied: a list of structural equations relating endogenous RHS variables to instruments.

$indicators

The names of the indicators (i.e., observed variables and/or first-order constructs)

$cons_exo

The names of the exogenous constructs of the structural model (i.e., variables that do not appear on the LHS of any structural equation)

$cons_endo

The names of the endogenous constructs of the structural model (i.e., variables that appear on the LHS of at least one structural equation)

$vars_2nd

The names of the constructs modeled as second orders.

$vars_attached_to_2nd

The names of the constructs forming or building a second order construct.

$vars_not_attached_to_2nd

The names of the constructs not forming or building a second order construct.

It is possible to supply an incomplete list to parseModel(), resulting in an incomplete cSEMModel list which can be passed to all functions that require .csem_model as a mandatory argument. Currently, only the structural and the measurement matrix are required. However, specifying an incomplete cSEMModel list may lead to unexpected behavior and errors. Use with care.

Details

A standardized list containing model-related information. To convert a a model written in lavaan model syntax to a cSEMModel list use parseModel().

See also

parseModel