An R package for estimating Structural Equation Model Trees and Forests.
To install the latest semtree package directly from GitHub, copy the following line into R:
library(devtools)
devtools::install_github("semtree/brandmaier")
# even better: install with package vignette (extra documentation)
devtools::install_github("brandmaier/semtree",force=TRUE, build_opts = c())Please see official semtree website: http://brandmaier.de/semtree
Package vignettes contain documentation on how to use the package:
browseVignettes("semtree")
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## References
Theory and method:
Brandmaier, A. M., Driver, C., & Voelkle, M. C. (in press). Recursive partitioning in continuous time analysis. In K. van Montfort, J. Oud, & M. C. Voelkle (Eds.), Continuous time modeling in the behavioral and related sciences. New York: Springer.
Brandmaier, A. M., Prindle, J. J., McArdle, J. J., & Lindenberger, U. (2016). Theory-guided exploration with structural equation model forests. Psychological Methods, 21, 566-582. \doi{doi:10.1037/met0000090}
Brandmaier, A. M., von Oertzen, T., McArdle, J. J., & Lindenberger, U. (2014). Exploratory data mining with structural equation model trees. In J. J. McArdle & G. Ritschard (Eds.), Contemporary issues in exploratory data mining in the behavioral sciences (pp. 96-127). New York: Routledge.
Brandmaier, A. M., von Oertzen, T., McArdle, J. J., & Lindenberger, U. (2013). Structural equation model trees. Psychological Methods, 18, 71-86. \doi{doi:10.1037/a0030001}
Applied examples:
Brandmaier, A. M., Ram, N., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Terminal decline in well-being: The role of multi-indicator constellations of physical health and psychosocial correlates. Developmental Psychology.