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The development of the networksem Package

The Development of the networksem Package

The package networksem includes various functions to analyze network data in the SEM framework. networksem has two major components.

  • Functions started with sem.net: These are functions used to convert network data into SEM compatible formats and then embed those data in lavaan-based SEM analyses.
  • Other functions: functions such as summary() and path.networksem() calculates values of interest such as mediation effect post-hoc.

List of functions

The following functions are available in the packages. The exported functions are:

  • path.networksem
  • sem.net
  • sem.net.edge
  • sem.net.edge.lsm
  • sem.net.lsm
  • summary.networksem

The following functions are not imported and are used by other functions.

  • sem.net.addvar.stat
  • sem.net.addvar.influential
  • sem.net.addvar

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