u: Vector of Mean Structure Parameters \mathbf{u}

In jeksterslab/ramR: Reticular Action Model (RAM) Notation

Description

Derives the vector of mean structure parameters \mathbf{u} using the Reticular Action Model (RAM) notation.

Usage

u(A, v, check = TRUE, ...)

## Default S3 method:
u(A, v, check = TRUE, ...)

## S3 method for class 'yac_symbol'
u(
  A,
  v,
  check = TRUE,
  exe = TRUE,
  R = FALSE,
  format = "ysym",
  simplify = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

A	t by t matrix \mathbf{A}. Asymmetric paths (single-headed arrows), such as regression coefficients and factor loadings.
v	vector of length t or t by 1 matrix. Expected values.
check	Logical. If check = TRUE do some preprocessing with input matrices using CheckRAMMatrices().
...	...
exe	Logical. If exe = TRUE, executes the resulting yacas expression. If exe = FALSE, returns the resulting yacas expression as a character string. If exe = FALSE, the arguments str, ysym, simplify, and tex, are ignored.
R	Logical. If R = TRUE, returns symbolic result as an R expression. If R = FALSE, returns symbolic result as "ysym", "str", or "tex" depending of format.
format	Character string. Only used when R = FALSE. If format = "ysym", returns symbolic result as yac_symbol. If format = "str", returns symbolic result as a characetr string. If format = "tex", returns symbolic result as LaTeX math.
simplify	Logical. Simplify symbolic results.

Details

The vector of mean structure parameters \mathbf{v} as a function of Reticular Action Model (RAM) matrices is given by

\mathbf{u} = ≤ft( \mathbf{I} - \mathbf{A} \right) \mathbf{v} \\ = \mathbf{E}^{-1} \mathbf{v}

where

• \mathbf{A}_{t \times t} represents asymmetric paths (single-headed arrows), such as regression coefficients and factor loadings,

• \mathbf{I}_{t \times t} represents an identity matrix, and

• \mathbf{v}_{t \times 1} vector of expected values.

Value

\mathbf{u} = \mathbf{E}^{-1} \mathbf{v}

Author(s)

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

References

McArdle, J. J., & McDonald, R. P. (1984). Some algebraic properties of the Reticular Action Model for moment structures. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 37 (2), 234–251. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.1984.tb00802.x

See Also

Other RAM matrices functions: C(), Expectations(), E(), IminusA(), M(), RAMScaled(), S(), g(), v()

Examples

# Numeric -----------------------------------------------------------
# This is a numerical example for the model
# y = alpha + beta * x + e
# y = 0 + 1 * x + e
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

A <- matrixR::ZeroMatrix(3)
A[1, ] <- c(0, 1, 1)
v <- c(0.50, 0.50, 0.00)
colnames(A) <- rownames(A) <- c("y", "x", "e")
u(A, v)
# Symbolic ----------------------------------------------------------
# This is a symbolic example for the model
# y = alpha + beta * x + e
# y = 0 + 1 * x + e
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

A <- matrixR::ZeroMatrix(3)
A[1, ] <- c(0, "beta", 1)
v <- c("alpha+beta*mux", "mux", 0)
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v)
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, format = "str")
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, format = "tex")
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, R = TRUE)

# Assigning values to symbols

alpha <- 0
beta <- 1
mux <- 0.50

u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v)
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, format = "str")
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, format = "tex")
u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, R = TRUE)
eval(u(Ryacas::ysym(A), v, R = TRUE))

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