BigSEM User Manual
This is the user manual of BigSEM to show how to conduct SEM with network data and text data.
What is BigSEM?
BigSEM is a collection of software programs for conducting SEM analysis with new types of data su...
BigSEM for network data
We will show how to use BigSEM to analyze network data in the SEM framework.
SEM with networks - background
Network data can be integrated into the SEM framework in different ways. We focus on two main app...
Example datasets
We will use several datasets to illustrate the use of our software. Friendship Network Data In ...
Node based analysis with network statistics
The function sem.net can be used to fit a SEM model with network data using node statistics as va...
Node based analysis with latent space model
The node-based latent space model approach calculates latent positions of the networks, and use t...
Edge based analysis with edge values
The edge based analysis can be conducted using the function sem.net.edge. The idea behind this me...
Edge based analysis with latent space model
The R function sem.net.edge.lsm can be used to conduct edge based analysis with latent space mode...
Use of Web App for SEM with Networks
The network data analysis can also be conducted using our online app available at: https://bigsem...
BigSEM for Text Data
Text data is increasingly recognized as a rich source of information, offering insights that trad...
Example data
For illustration, we use a set of student evaluation of teaching data. The data were scraped from...
Text Sentiment
Sentiment analysis is the process of systematically identifying and quantifying the sentiment exp...
Text Embedding and Encoders
Embedding techniques are widely used in modern NLP. These methods transform text into numerical v...
Use of the R package TextSEM
The R package TextSEM can be used for SEM analysis with text data. To install the package, please...
Use of Web App
One can conduct the analysis by drawing a path diagram. To start, click the "Path Diagram" button...
Video tutorials text data analysis
Here we show how to conduct different types of analysis. Mediation analysis with dictionary-base...