[R] Is SEM package of R suitable for sem analysis

[Wincent]

Besides sem package, OpenMx (http://openmx.psyc.virginia.edu/) is
another option for R users.

Best

2009/12/27 Joe King <jp at joepking.com>:
> I am going to take SEM this next quarter in my doctoral program. My
> suggestion is to use the program your professor suggests and try to
> re-create your models in R using the SEM package. We are not going to use
> AMOS though we use EQS, and another prof on campus who teaches it in a
> different department uses LISREL, so since SEM hasn't been implemented in
> most commercial software and you need specialty software for it, it may be
> best to know several different software programs if you want to do SEM type
> work. I do have a feeling since R is growing so rapidly it wont take time
> for people in the community to create packages or develop existing packages
> equal to or greater than commercial software! LONG LIVE R :)
>
> Joe King
> 206-913-2912
> jp at joepking.com
> "Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name
> worth remembering." --Theodore Roosevelt
>
>
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> Subject: [R] Is SEM package of R suitable for sem analysis
>
> Dears,
>
> I'm a college student and In doing my statistics homework.
>
> I use R with SEM package as my tool for sem analysis,
> but my teacher told me AMOS is more suitable for such analysis.
>
> Could someone help tell me whether it is true
> that some commercial software is better accepted in academic fields?
>
> Sorry if I should not post such topics here.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Reeyarn T. Lee
>
> Accounting Dept, Guanghua School of Management,
> Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China
>
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Wincent Ronggui HUANG
Doctoral Candidate
Dept of Public and Social Administration
City University of Hong Kong
http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html