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Patrick (Malone Quantitative)
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6/29/20
lavaan WARNING: covariance matrix of latent variables but lavInspect( fit, "cov.lv") are all positive,what's the problem?
Adding that your factor correlations are very high across the board. The lowest one I spot is .76.
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lavaan WARNING: covariance matrix of latent variables but lavInspect( fit, "cov.lv") are all positive,what's the problem?
Adding that your factor correlations are very high across the board. The lowest one I spot is .76.
6/29/20
Stephan Frederic
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car...@web.de
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6/3/20
Testing model fits (of the same model) of two samples against each other
Take a look at this: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
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Testing model fits (of the same model) of two samples against each other
Take a look at this: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
6/3/20
Lukas Wallrich
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car...@web.de
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5/30/20
Cannot estimate simple CFA - warning and error
":=" defines a new parameter and not the measurement model. The lavaan tutorial is very
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Cannot estimate simple CFA - warning and error
":=" defines a new parameter and not the measurement model. The lavaan tutorial is very
5/30/20
Brandon McCormick
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Yves Rosseel
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5/31/20
Values of df = inf using semTools (cfa.mi)
On 5/29/20 11:09 PM, Terrence Jorgensen wrote: > Do you have any insight into these warnings? >
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Values of df = inf using semTools (cfa.mi)
On 5/29/20 11:09 PM, Terrence Jorgensen wrote: > Do you have any insight into these warnings? >
5/31/20
Rosie
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Yves Rosseel
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5/26/20
Binary endogenous variable in SEM and rsquare issue
On 5/25/20 9:02 AM, Rosie Pendrous wrote: > I did have another query if possible: my categorical
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Binary endogenous variable in SEM and rsquare issue
On 5/25/20 9:02 AM, Rosie Pendrous wrote: > I did have another query if possible: my categorical
5/26/20
Sooyong Lee
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Yves Rosseel
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3/21/20
Model running in Mplus, not running in lavaan
On 3/18/20 9:24 PM, Sooyong Lee wrote: > The problem is that it does not run in lavaan with the
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Model running in Mplus, not running in lavaan
On 3/18/20 9:24 PM, Sooyong Lee wrote: > The problem is that it does not run in lavaan with the
3/21/20
Rose B
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Terrence Jorgensen
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2/5/20
Standard errors not computed with binary endogenous variable because the information matrix could not be inverted
Is this what you meant when you said lavaan assigns fixed intercepts and variances to the latent
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Standard errors not computed with binary endogenous variable because the information matrix could not be inverted
Is this what you meant when you said lavaan assigns fixed intercepts and variances to the latent
2/5/20
Tatiana Logvinenko
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9/25/19
NA values in standard errors after removing one variable from the model
Tatiana, As a general strategy, focus on the first error/warning first because solving the first
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NA values in standard errors after removing one variable from the model
Tatiana, As a general strategy, focus on the first error/warning first because solving the first
9/25/19
Jan Szczypiński
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Terrence Jorgensen
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10/11/19
lavaan WARNING: the optimizer (NLMINB) claimed the model converged, but not all elements of the gradient are (near) zero; with WLSMV
Sorry for such a long response. I was gone on vacations for the last 3 weeks. In turned out that it
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lavaan WARNING: the optimizer (NLMINB) claimed the model converged, but not all elements of the gradient are (near) zero; with WLSMV
Sorry for such a long response. I was gone on vacations for the last 3 weeks. In turned out that it
10/11/19
Frederick Duan
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Terrence Jorgensen
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8/23/19
Categorical Var Model Identification Problem. WLSMV
Age might be a problem, because its scale seems huge relative to other variables. Is it measured in
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Categorical Var Model Identification Problem. WLSMV
Age might be a problem, because its scale seems huge relative to other variables. Is it measured in
8/23/19
Maria Meier
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Edward Rigdon
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8/7/19
Mixed SEM with lavaan warning: Could not compute standard errors!
Maria-- Models are parsimonious when they explain relations among many variables using few parameters
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Mixed SEM with lavaan warning: Could not compute standard errors!
Maria-- Models are parsimonious when they explain relations among many variables using few parameters
8/7/19
Christopher Galgo
7/14/19
Please help me. Can I use a vcv matrix of factor scores as input to lavaan?
I have a covariance matrix from factor scores and I want to use that as input for my analysis.
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Please help me. Can I use a vcv matrix of factor scores as input to lavaan?
I have a covariance matrix from factor scores and I want to use that as input for my analysis.
7/14/19
Robert Udale
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Terrence Jorgensen
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7/2/19
Multi level SEM - not sure what I'm doing!
The first level of model 2 is the same as model 1. No, Q63_1 has switch from being an outcome at the
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Multi level SEM - not sure what I'm doing!
The first level of model 2 is the same as model 1. No, Q63_1 has switch from being an outcome at the
7/2/19
Terrence Jorgensen
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Gulean
3
7/12/19
Re: Warning messages when trying to fit bifactor model in Lavaan. What do they mean? How to solve this?
Tried several thing, but nothing works, like: CFA_model_1_order <- cfa(CFA_model_1, data = MyData,
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bi-factor
lavaan
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Re: Warning messages when trying to fit bifactor model in Lavaan. What do they mean? How to solve this?
Tried several thing, but nothing works, like: CFA_model_1_order <- cfa(CFA_model_1, data = MyData,
7/12/19
Jace Hargraven
6/14/19
Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model, cov matrix of latent variables not PD
Hi Everyone! This is my first try at estimating a Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model in lavaan
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RICLPM
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Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model, cov matrix of latent variables not PD
Hi Everyone! This is my first try at estimating a Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model in lavaan
6/14/19
周露阳
2
5/22/19
Error in if (abs(ll.old - ll.new) < convergence) run <- FALSE
Bellow are the codes in lavaan grammar: ++++++++++++++++++ library("nlsem") modLMS.model
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sem
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Error in if (abs(ll.old - ll.new) < convergence) run <- FALSE
Bellow are the codes in lavaan grammar: ++++++++++++++++++ library("nlsem") modLMS.model
5/22/19
Tim Cadman
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Terrence Jorgensen
11
6/7/19
Warning running fitMeasures on imputed SEM model: "In Th_mean - Implied$th : longer object length...
Ah ok - thanks for the explanation. bw Tim On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:24:51 PM UTC+1, Terrence
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Warning running fitMeasures on imputed SEM model: "In Th_mean - Implied$th : longer object length...
Ah ok - thanks for the explanation. bw Tim On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:24:51 PM UTC+1, Terrence
6/7/19
jtk
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Terrence Jorgensen
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5/25/19
Question on multi-group multilevel analysis
Thank you very much for your help, Dr. Jorgensen! I will definitely try it out. (I'm sorry for
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Question on multi-group multilevel analysis
Thank you very much for your help, Dr. Jorgensen! I will definitely try it out. (I'm sorry for
5/25/19
Lea
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Terrence Jorgensen
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5/14/19
measure invariance analysis with the packages semTools and lavaan.
Thank you so much for your help. It all worked now. Am Fr., 10. Mai 2019 um 14:09 Uhr schrieb
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invariance
lavaan
semTools
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measure invariance analysis with the packages semTools and lavaan.
Thank you so much for your help. It all worked now. Am Fr., 10. Mai 2019 um 14:09 Uhr schrieb
5/14/19
DVC
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car...@web.de
10
5/23/19
Measurement Invariance [lavaan WARNING: scaling factor is negative]
Use lavTestLRT: https://www.google.com/amp/s/rdrr.io/a/cran/lavaan/man/lavTestLRT.html Am 23.05.19,
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continuous-variables
invariance
measurement
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Measurement Invariance [lavaan WARNING: scaling factor is negative]
Use lavTestLRT: https://www.google.com/amp/s/rdrr.io/a/cran/lavaan/man/lavTestLRT.html Am 23.05.19,
5/23/19
Isa...@hotmail.de
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Terrence Jorgensen
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4/27/19
Moderatoranalysis lavaan
can anyone give me an example for the structure for moderation testing in a pathmodel with lavaan?
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model
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Moderatoranalysis lavaan
can anyone give me an example for the structure for moderation testing in a pathmodel with lavaan?
4/27/19
Isa...@hotmail.de
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Terrence Jorgensen
6
4/27/19
Moderation in lavaan-Pathmodel
Ok, so letting the variables covary is not necessary because lavaan already allows them to covary?
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covariance
definite
moderation
pathmodel
positive
warning
Moderation in lavaan-Pathmodel
Ok, so letting the variables covary is not necessary because lavaan already allows them to covary?
4/27/19
maryam
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PD
3
4/9/19
NA in Std.Err and the CIs, No standard error calculated
Thanks PD for your prompt response, --I checked the link you sent; the person in the post finally
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NA
error
standard-errors
standardized
warning
NA in Std.Err and the CIs, No standard error calculated
Thanks PD for your prompt response, --I checked the link you sent; the person in the post finally
4/9/19
Mayke
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Terrence Jorgensen
4
4/2/19
hierarchical model with two first-order factors and one second-order factor
Thank you very much for the quick and helpful replies! Op maandag 1 april 2019 15:37:51 UTC+2 schreef
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CFA
second-order
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hierarchical model with two first-order factors and one second-order factor
Thank you very much for the quick and helpful replies! Op maandag 1 april 2019 15:37:51 UTC+2 schreef
4/2/19
Patrick Paschke
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Terrence Jorgensen
2
3/29/19
error covariance of auxiliary variables
I checked the error covariances and found that all covariances substantially deviating from 0 are
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fiml
missing
regression
sem
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error covariance of auxiliary variables
I checked the error covariances and found that all covariances substantially deviating from 0 are
3/29/19
maryam
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Terrence Jorgensen
2
3/21/19
why my CFA or SEM model gives warning in lavaan??
some variables have outliers and became non-normal; Those are 2 separate issues. scales of these
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CFA
error
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why my CFA or SEM model gives warning in lavaan??
some variables have outliers and became non-normal; Those are 2 separate issues. scales of these
3/21/19