A Function That Writes, Saves, and Exports Syntax for Fitting Observed Actor-Partner Interdependence Models

A Function That Writes, Saves, and Exports Syntax for Fitting Observed Actor-Partner Interdependence Models

Usage

scriptObsAPIM(
  X1 = NULL,
  Y1 = NULL,
  X2 = NULL,
  Y2 = NULL,
  equate = "none",
  k = FALSE,
  writeTo = NULL,
  fileName = NULL
)

Arguments

X1

character of vector name containing X variable/composite for partner 1

Y1

character of vector name containing Y variable/composite for partner 1

X2

character of vector name containing X variable/composite for partner 2

Y2

character of vector name containing Y variable/composite for partner 2

equate

character of what parameter(s) to constrain ("actor", "partner", "all"); default is "none" (all freely estimated)

k

input logical for whether Kenny & Ledermann's (2010) k parameter should be calculated to characterize the dyadic pattern in the APIM. Default to FALSE

writeTo

A character string specifying a directory path to where the output file(s) should be saved. If set to ".", the file(s) will be written to the current working directory. The default is NULL, and examples use a temporary directory created by tempdir(). When dealing with tabular output, writeTo is only relevant if gtTab = TRUE.

fileName

A character string specifying a desired base name for the output file. The default is NULL. The specified name will be automatically appended with the appropriate file extension (e.g., .txt for lavaan scripts, .rtf for tabular output when gtTab = TRUE, or other extensions as appropriate for the output type). If a file with the same name already exists in the user's chosen directory, it will be overwritten.

Value

character object of lavaan script that can be passed immediately to lavaan functions.

Examples

obsAPIMScript <- scriptObsAPIM (X1 = "SexSatA", Y1 = "RelSatA",
X2 = "SexSatB", Y2 = "RelSatB",
equate = "none",
writeTo = tempdir(),
fileName = "obsAPIM_script")