Thank you for your excellent videos on CFA/SEM analysis. Please consider adding a video on the different estimation methods (e.g., ML, RML, DWLS, etc) available in JASP and lavaan. When should one consider using each of the estimation methods?
My own personal opinion: R - excellent but requires a lot of practice in coding to become competent in its use. Data visualisation leaves a little to be desired - but its capabilities in data manipulation are second to none. JASP/JAMOVI - If SPSS and R had a baby! Intuitive and easy to use, but lags quite a bit with large and more complex datasets. Still missing a lot of features of that will hopefully be added soon! MPlus - Minor learning curve and quite expensive, but in my opinion the best tool for SEM. Powerful but a little clunky! For coding rookies: 1) Jasp 2) MPlus 3) R For coders: 1) R 2) Jasp 3) MPlus
Thank you for your excellent videos on CFA/SEM analysis. Please consider adding a video on the different estimation methods (e.g., ML, RML, DWLS, etc) available in JASP and lavaan. When should one consider using each of the estimation methods?
Thank you for the excellent suggestion. I will add this to my TH-cam to-do list!
Best, Christian Geiser
My own personal opinion:
R - excellent but requires a lot of practice in coding to become competent in its use. Data visualisation leaves a little to be desired - but its capabilities in data manipulation are second to none.
JASP/JAMOVI - If SPSS and R had a baby! Intuitive and easy to use, but lags quite a bit with large and more complex datasets. Still missing a lot of features of that will hopefully be added soon!
MPlus - Minor learning curve and quite expensive, but in my opinion the best tool for SEM. Powerful but a little clunky!
For coding rookies:
1) Jasp
2) MPlus
3) R
For coders:
1) R
2) Jasp
3) MPlus
Thanks for sharing your opinion! I agree.
Best, Christian Geiser