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ArticleBehavior research methods2024

semPower: General power analysis for structural equation models.

Morten Moshagen, Martina Bader

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Article in Behavior research methods, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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Morten MoshagenPsychological Research Methods, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 4, 89081, Ulm, Germany. morten.moshagen@uni-ulm.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2929-7288
Martina BaderPsychological Research Methods, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 4, 89081, Ulm, Germany.

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Abstract

Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a widespread and commonly used approach to test substantive hypotheses in the social and behavioral sciences. When performing hypothesis tests, it is vital to rely on a sufficiently large sample size to achieve an adequate degree of statistical power to detect the hypothesized effect. However, applications of SEM rarely consider statistical power in informing sample size considerations or determine the statistical power for the focal hypothesis tests performed. One reason is the difficulty in translating substantive hypotheses into specific effect size values required to perform power analyses, as well as the lack of user-friendly software to automate this process. The present paper presents the second version of the R package semPower which includes comprehensive functionality for various types of power analyses in SEM. Specifically, semPower 2 allows one to perform both analytical and simulated a priori, post hoc, and compromise power analysis for structural equation models with or without latent variables, and also supports multigroup settings and provides user-friendly convenience functions for many common model types (e.g., standard confirmatory factor analysis [CFA] models, regression models, autoregressive moving average [ARMA] models, cross-lagged panel models) to simplify power analyses when a model-based definition of the effect in terms of model parameters is desired.

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Latent Class AnalysisSoftwareData Interpretation, StatisticalFactor Analysis, StatisticalHumansModels, StatisticalSample SizeConfirmatory factor analysisModel evaluationSample size planningStatistical powerStructural equation modeling

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PMID37950114
PMCPMC11522193

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