Man pages for bifactory
(Bifactor) ESEM with Continuous (MLR) or Ordinal (WLSMV) Data

align_loadingsAlign ESEM/B-ESEM standardized loadings to a reference
alignment_checkAlignment Ratio Check for ICM-CFA Specification
besemBifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (B-ESEM)
besem_orderedBifactor ESEM for Ordinal Data
bifactory-packagebifactory: Bifactor ESEM, CFA, and Measurement Invariance...
bifactory_templateOpen or Copy the bifactory Analysis Template
chisq_decompPer-Group Chi-Square Decomposition for Invariance Fits
coef.esem_fitExtract Parameter Estimates from an esem_fit
compare_ewcCompare Pipeline Results with an EWC Model
compare_loadingsCompare R and Mplus Standardised Loadings
compute_indicesCompute Reliability Indices for CFA, ESEM, and B-ESEM
compute_omegaDeprecated: use 'compute_indices' instead
doc_estimator_pathsShared documentation: estimator paths and defaults
esemExploratory Structural Equation Modeling
esem_compareCompare ESEM Against a Standard CFA
esem_invarianceMeasurement Invariance Testing for ESEM Models
esem_orderedESEM for Ordinal (Likert) Data
ewc_syntaxGenerate ESEM-within-CFA Lavaan Syntax
extract_mplus_loadingsExtract standardized loadings from MplusAutomation output
factor_correlationsExtract Factor Correlations from an esem_fit
factor_scoresExtract Latent Factor Scores
find_ewc_referentsAuto-Select EWC Referent Items
fit_ewcFit an ESEM-within-CFA Model
fit_indicesMplus-Matched Fit Indices for a Single Model
fitMeasures.esem_fitExtract Fit Measures from an esem_fit
generate_mplus_besem_syntaxGenerate Mplus B-ESEM Syntax
generate_mplus_syntaxGenerate Mplus Syntax for ESEM with Target Rotation
get_syntaxExtract the Generated lavaan Syntax
lavaan_fitExtract the Underlying lavaan Fit Object
make_bifactor_targetCreate a Bifactor Target Matrix
make_targetCreate a Target Loading Matrix for Target Rotation
modindices.esem_fitExtract Modification Indices from an esem_fit
parametersDisplay Model Parameters
parse_mplus_polychoricParse Mplus Polychoric Correlation Matrix from Output File
partial_invariancePartial Measurement Invariance Testing
plot.alignment_checkPlot Sorted Alignment Ratios
print.aligned_loadingsPrint method for aligned_loadings
print.alignment_checkPrint Method for alignment_check
print.besem_fitPrint Method for besem_fit
print.bifactory_parametersPrint a Parameter Table
print.esem_comparisonPrint Method for esem_comparison
print.esem_comparison_pipelinePrint Method for esem_comparison_pipeline
print.esem_fitPrint Method for esem_fit
print.esem_invariancePrint Method for esem_invariance
print.esem_partial_invariancePrint Method for esem_partial_invariance
print.esem_specPrint an esem_spec Object
print.esem_targetPrint a Target Rotation Matrix
print.ewc_comparisonPrint Method for ewc_comparison
print.ewc_fitPrint Method for ewc_fit
print.reliability_indicesPrint a reliability_indices Object
refine_rotationRefine B-ESEM Rotation Using Mplus Solution as Warm Start
run_comparisonRun the Full CFA / ESEM / B-ESEM Comparison Pipeline
run_mplus_besem_invarianceGenerate, Run, and Compare B-ESEM Invariance Models Against...
save_resultsSave Pipeline Results to CSV or xlsx
set_targetModify an Existing Target Matrix
specify_modelSpecify an ESEM Model Structure
std_loadingsExtract Standardized Loadings from an esem_fit
summary.esem_fitSummary Method for esem_fit
summary.ewc_fitSummary for ESEM-within-CFA Fits
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