Title stata.com Builder, generalized — SEM Builder for generalized models Description Remarks and examples Reference Description

The SEM Builder allows you to create path diagrams of generalized SEMs, fit those models, and show the results on the path diagram. Here we extend the discussion from [SEM] Builder. Read that manual entry first. Remarks and examples stata.com Launch the SEM Builder by selecting the menu item Statistics> SEM (structural equation modeling)> Model building and estimation. You can also type sembuilder in the Command window. Switch the Builder into generalized SEM mode by clicking on the Change to Generalized SEM button,. The generalized SEM mode allows you to add generalized responses and multilevel latent variables to your path diagram. This mode also disallows constraints on the means or variances of observed exogenous variables and on the variances of errors. In technical terms, the generalized mode draws and fits gsem models rather than sem models; see [SEM] intro 1 for a discussion. Aside from activating tools to add generalized responses and multilevel latent variables, everything about the Builder works the same in generalized SEM mode as it did in standard SEM mode. You can still add observed variables ( ) and latent variables ( ) and create connections using paths () and covariances ()