find_ewc_referents: Auto-Select EWC Referent Items

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Auto-Select EWC Referent Items

Description

For each factor, selects the primary indicator with the largest absolute unstandardised loading from the ESEM solution. This is the item that will anchor that factor's identification in the EWC model.

Usage

find_ewc_referents(esem_fit, spec)

Arguments

esem_fit	An esem_fit object (e.g. results$fit_esem from run_comparison).
spec	An esem_spec from specify_model.

Details

Referents are chosen solely by maximum |loading| on the primary factor. You can override automatic selection by supplying a custom named vector to the referents argument of ewc_syntax or fit_ewc.

Value

A named character vector: names are factor names, values are the selected referent item names (in the original case from spec).

See Also

ewc_syntax, fit_ewc

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