MonteCarloSEM (version 2.0.0)

loading.value: Specifies Factor Loading Values for a Model.

Description

This function creates a factor loading matrix for a given Structural Equation Model (SEM). The loadings must be provided as a vector and are assigned to the matrix column by column, where each column corresponds to a latent factor and each row corresponds to an observed item. All factor loadings must be specified as values strictly greater than 0 and less than 1. The resulting matrix has dimensions equal to the number of items by the number of factors.

Usage

loading.value(nf, fl.loads)

Value

The function returns the factor loading matrix.

Arguments

nf

An integer specifying the number of factors.

fl.loads

A numeric vector of factor loadings. Values should be provided in column-wise order, corresponding to the items loading on each factor.

Author

Fatih Orçan

Examples

# This example represents a three-factor CFA model
#  where the factors are indicated by 3, 3, and 2 items respectively.
#
loading.value(nf=3, fl.loads=c(.6,.6,.6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,.7,.7,.7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,.8,.8))