specify.model {sem}R Documentation

Specify a Structural Equation Model

Description

Create the RAM specification of a structural equation model.

Usage

specify.model(file = "")

## S3 method for class 'mod':
print(x, ...)

Arguments

file The (quoted) file from which to read the model specification, including the path to the file if it is not in the current directory. If "" (the default), then the specification is read from the standard input stream, and is terminated by a blank line.
x An object of class mod to print, as produced by specify.model.
... Ignored.

Details

Each line of the RAM specification consists of three (unquoted) entries, separated by commas:

1. Arrow specification:
This is a simple formula, of the form A -> B or, equivalently, B <- A for a regression coefficient (i.e., a single-headed or directional arrow); A <-> A for a variance or A <-> B for a covariance (i.e., a double-headed or bidirectional arrow). Here, A and B are variable names in the model. If a name does not correspond to an observed variable, then it is assumed to be a latent variable. Spaces can appear freely in an arrow specification, and there can be any number of hyphens in the arrows, including zero: Thus, e.g., A->B, A --> B, and A>B are all legitimate and equivalent.
2. Parameter name:
The name of the regression coefficient, variance, or covariance specified by the arrow. Assigning the same name to two or more arrows results in an equality constraint. Specifying the parameter name as NA produces a fixed parameter.
3. Value:
start value for a free parameter or value of a fixed parameter. If given as NA, sem will compute the start value.

Lines may end in a comment following \#.

See sem for further details on model specification.

Value

An object of class mod, suitable as input for sem.

Author(s)

John Fox jfox@mcmaster.ca

See Also

sem

Examples

    ## Not run: 
model.dhp <- specify.model()
    RParAsp  -> RGenAsp, gam11,  NA
    RIQ      -> RGenAsp, gam12,  NA
    RSES     -> RGenAsp, gam13,  NA
    FSES     -> RGenAsp, gam14,  NA
    RSES     -> FGenAsp, gam23,  NA
    FSES     -> FGenAsp, gam24,  NA
    FIQ      -> FGenAsp, gam25,  NA
    FParAsp  -> FGenAsp, gam26,  NA
    FGenAsp  -> RGenAsp, beta12, NA
    RGenAsp  -> FGenAsp, beta21, NA
    RGenAsp  -> ROccAsp,  NA,     1
    RGenAsp  -> REdAsp,  lam21,  NA
    FGenAsp  -> FOccAsp,  NA,     1
    FGenAsp  -> FEdAsp,  lam42,  NA
    RGenAsp <-> RGenAsp, ps11,   NA
    FGenAsp <-> FGenAsp, ps22,   NA
    RGenAsp <-> FGenAsp, ps12,   NA
    ROccAsp <-> ROccAsp, theta1, NA
    REdAsp  <-> REdAsp,  theta2, NA
    FOccAsp <-> FOccAsp, theta3, NA
    FEdAsp  <-> FEdAsp,  theta4, NA

model.dhp
    ## End(Not run)
[Package sem version 0.9-6 Index]