Binomial count predictor variables

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Lauren Wisnieski

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Jul 3, 2019, 10:11:13 AM7/3/19

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Hello,

I'm new to lavaan and I'm looking for a SEM package/software that can handle binomial count predictor variables (not outcome variables)? Is this possible in lavaan?

Thank you for your help,

Lauren

Terrence Jorgensen

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Jul 3, 2019, 1:16:22 PM7/3/19

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I'm looking for a SEM package/software that can handle binomial count predictor variables (not outcome variables)?

If it is an exogenous predictor, then there is no need to make any distributional assumption about it. You can just model its linear effect by including it in the model and setting fixed.x=TRUE (already the default)

Terrence D. Jorgensen

Assistant Professor, Methods and Statistics

Research Institute for Child Development and Education, the University of Amsterdam