Re: st: Does Stata 13 include factor analysis for binary variables?

[John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch>]

Take a look at the command -gsem-

HTH,
John.

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On 07.08.2013 23:39, Miller, Nathan P. wrote:
> Hi Billy,
>
> I did check the website. It says they have added binary outcomes, but I
> don't see anything about binary observed variables.
>
> Nate
>
>
>
>
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> On 8/7/13 5:21 PM, "William Buchanan" <william@williambuchanan.net> wrote:
>
> > Have you checked the Stata website?  One of the major updates was the
> > inclusion of multi-level and generalized linear SEM.  I'm not sure if the
> > -factor- command has been updated as well.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Billy
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Aug 7, 2013, at 16:07, "Miller, Nathan P." <nmiller@jhsph.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm working on a factor analysis with binary variables. I'm using the
> > > user-written command -tetrachoric- for exploratory factor analysis. To
> > > do
> > > get goodness-of-fit measures, I'm using the -sem- command, but I have to
> > > input the tetrachoric correlation matrix by hand. Can anyone tell me if
> > > Stata 13 has includes programs for factor analysis and SEM for binary
> > > variables?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Nate
> > >
> > >
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