Man pages for lavaan
Latent Variable Analysis

bootstrapBootstrapping a Lavaan Model
cfaFit Confirmatory Factor Analysis Models
Demo.growthDemo dataset for illustrating a linear growth model
Demo.twolevelDemo dataset for illustrating a multilevel CFA
efaExploratory Factor Analysis
estimator_ivInstrumental Variable (MIIV-2SLS) Estimation
estimator_jsJames-Stein (Conditional Expectation) Estimation
fitMeasuresFit Measures for a Latent Variable Model
getCovUtility Functions For Covariance Matrices
growthFit Growth Curve Models
HolzingerSwineford1939Holzinger and Swineford Dataset (9 Variables)
inspectSampleCovObserved Variable Covariance Matrix from a Model and Data
lavaanFit a Latent Variable Model
lavaan-classClass For Representing A (Fitted) Latent Variable Model
lavaan-deprecatedDeprecated functions in lavaan package
lavaanListFit List of Latent Variable Models
lavaanList-classClass For Representing A List of (Fitted) Latent Variable...
lav_constraintsUtility Functions: Constraints
lavCorPolychoric, polyserial and Pearson correlations
lav_datalavaan data functions
lavEffectsIndirect and Total Effects
lav_exportlavaan Export
lav_export_estimationlav_export_estimation
lav_funcUtility Functions: Gradient and Jacobian
lavH1The unrestricted (H1) model
lavInspectInspect or extract information from a fitted lavaan object
lav_label_codeProvides a formatted label for use in tikz, svg or Rplot
lavListInspectInspect or extract information from a lavaanList object
lav_long_namesDeprecated functions with long names
lav_matrixUtility Functions: Matrices and Vectors
lavMatrixRepresentationlavaan matrix representation
lav_modellavaan model functions
lav_model_plotinfoGet model information
lavNameslavaan Names
lavOptionslavaan Options
lav_partablelavaan partable functions
lavplotCreate diagram code for tikz or svg, or produce an R plot
lav_plotinfo_positionsPosition the nodes in the diagram
lav_plotinfo_rgraphPlots a graph in R
lav_plotinfo_svgcodeCreates code to show a diagram in svg format
lav_plotinfo_tikzcodeCreates code to show a diagram in tikz format
lavPredictPredict the values of latent variables (and their indicators)
lavPredictYPredict the values of y-variables given the values of...
lavPredictY_cvDetermine an optimal lambda penalty value through...
lavResidualsResiduals
lavResidualsYCompute residuals for the y-variables given the values of the...
lav_samplestatslavaan samplestats functions
lav_scoresExtract Empirical Estimating Functions
lavTableslavaan frequency tables
lavTablesFitPairwise maximum likelihood fit statistics
lavTestTest of exact fit
lavTestLRTLRT test
lavTestNETNesting and Equivalence Testing (NET)
lavTestScoreScore test
lavTestWaldWald test
mimicThe mimic= option
model.syntaxThe Lavaan Model Syntax
modificationIndicesModification Indices
mplus2lavaanmplus to lavaan converter
mplus2lavaan.modelSyntaxConvert Mplus model syntax to lavaan
open_parserThe open parser configuration
parameterEstimatesParameter Estimates
parTableParameter Table
PoliticalDemocracyIndustrialization And Political Democracy Dataset
samFit Structural Equation Models using the SAM approach
semFit Structural Equation Models
simulateDataSimulate Data From a Lavaan Model Syntax
standardizedSolutionStandardized Solution
summary.efaListSummarizing EFA Fits
varTableVariable Table
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