## ----include = FALSE---------------------------------------------------------- knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- library(factorana) set.seed(41) n <- 1500 # Structural parameters (what we want to recover) true_var_f1 <- 1.0 true_alpha <- 0.4 true_beta <- 0.6 true_sigma_e2 <- 0.5 # Shared measurement parameters item_int <- c(1.5, 1.0, 0.8) item_load <- c(1.0, 0.9, 1.1) # first loading fixed to 1 in the model item_sigma <- c(0.7, 0.75, 0.65) f1 <- rnorm(n, 0, sqrt(true_var_f1)) eps <- rnorm(n, 0, sqrt(true_sigma_e2)) f2 <- true_alpha + true_beta * f1 + eps gen_Y <- function(f, i) { item_int[i] + item_load[i] * f + rnorm(length(f), 0, item_sigma[i]) } dat <- data.frame( intercept = 1, eval = 1L, Y_t1_m1 = gen_Y(f1, 1), Y_t1_m2 = gen_Y(f1, 2), Y_t1_m3 = gen_Y(f1, 3), Y_t2_m1 = gen_Y(f2, 1), Y_t2_m2 = gen_Y(f2, 2), Y_t2_m3 = gen_Y(f2, 3) ) ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- dyn <- define_dynamic_measurement( data = dat, items = c("m1", "m2", "m3"), period_prefixes = c("Y_t1_", "Y_t2_"), model_type = "linear", evaluation_indicator = "eval" ) # The wrapper generates 5 equality constraints: 2 for loadings (items # m2, m3; item m1's loading is fixed to 1 on its factor slot) and 3 # for sigmas. length(dyn$equality_constraints) ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ctrl <- define_estimation_control(n_quad_points = 8, num_cores = 1) result_stage1 <- estimate_model_rcpp( model_system = dyn$model_system, data = dat, control = ctrl, optimizer = "nlminb", parallel = FALSE, verbose = FALSE ) result_stage1$convergence ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- est <- result_stage1$estimates tab <- data.frame( m = 1:3, DGP_tau = item_int, wave_1 = round(c(est["Y_t1_m1_intercept"], est["Y_t1_m2_intercept"], est["Y_t1_m3_intercept"]), 3), wave_2 = round(c(est["Y_t2_m1_intercept"], est["Y_t2_m2_intercept"], est["Y_t2_m3_intercept"]), 3) ) knitr::kable(tab, row.names = FALSE) ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- dummy <- build_dynamic_previous_stage( dyn = dyn, stage1_result = result_stage1, data = dat, anchor_period = 1L ) fm_stage2 <- define_factor_model( n_factors = 2, n_types = 1, factor_structure = "SE_linear" ) ms_stage2 <- define_model_system( components = list(), # measurement components prepended from previous_stage factor = fm_stage2, previous_stage = dummy ) init_s2 <- initialize_parameters(ms_stage2, dat, verbose = FALSE) init_s2$init_params["factor_var_1"] <- unname(dummy$estimates["factor_var_1"]) init_s2$init_params["se_intercept"] <- 0.0 init_s2$init_params["se_linear_1"] <- 0.5 init_s2$init_params["se_residual_var"] <- 0.5 result_stage2 <- estimate_model_rcpp( model_system = ms_stage2, data = dat, init_params = init_s2$init_params, control = ctrl, optimizer = "nlminb", parallel = FALSE, verbose = FALSE ) result_stage2$convergence ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- est <- result_stage2$estimates se <- result_stage2$std_errors ps <- c("factor_var_1", "se_intercept", "se_linear_1", "se_residual_var") tab <- data.frame( param = ps, true = c(true_var_f1, true_alpha, true_beta, true_sigma_e2), est = round(unname(est[ps]), 4), se = round(unname(se[ps]), 4) ) tab$z <- round((tab$est - tab$true) / tab$se, 2) knitr::kable(tab, row.names = FALSE)