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Can Lavaan handle multigroup multilevel SEM?

I am wondering if it is possible to run a multigroup, multilevel SEM in Lavaan. I can run the analysis just as a multigroup and just as a multilevel, but when I try to specify both cluster and group, ...
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How to fit random slope hierarchical model as SEM with OpenMx in R?

I've been exploring the OpenMx Package in R in hopes to fit multilevel path analysis and I can't figure out how to add random slope. This is the model I am trying to fit: $$ Y_{ij} = \beta_{0j} + \...
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Conducting a moderated multilevel mediation with more than two levels in R

I'm trying to conduct a moderated multilevel mediation model in R, but I'm still a pretty junior graduate student and I've only ever done mediation with lavaan. My outcome variable is cortisol, for ...
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Item response theory (IRT) for continuous responses

I hope this message finds everyone safe and well. I want to estimate the Rasch item difficulty parameters for my test items (dataset below). However, I have two challenges: (1) Item scores are ...
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Multilevel structural equation modeling with interaction between latent variables: designing the model and choosing the appropriate software

This has been a bit of a conundrum I've been trying to solve for a while and relates to a question I asked a while ago. I am trying to build a 4-level structural equation model (SEM) with latent ...
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Multi-level Latent Class Growth Curve Model of a double-repeated measures data structure

I have an interesting data structure I'm trying to analyze. I've decided that the best route is most likely using some type of LCGA, but am having trouble conceptualizing the model. Unfortunately, I'm ...
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R package for multilevel structural equation modeling?

I want to test a multi-stage path model (e.g., A predicts B, B predicts C, C predicts D) where all of my variables are individual observations nested within groups. So far I've been doing this through ...
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Multilevel SEM with three or more levels in OpenMx

I am trying to figure out how to conduct analyses using CFA and SEM models with three or more levels. Pritikin et al. (2017) investigates how to conduct a three-level and up to five-level SEM using ...
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How to run a moderated multilevel mediation in R?

I am trying to run a moderated multilevel mediation in R. I have encountered the mlma and bmlm packages, as well as Elizabeth Page-Gould's open-source code for testing indirect effects in multi-level ...