Re: st: standardized coefficients in gsem

[John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch>]

Hi:

It is not as simple as standardizing observed variables, in the case of 
non-linear models, because the underlying latent variable (e.g., in the 
case of the probit) needs to be standardized in the first instance (and 
estimating its variance is not that straightforward). See, e.g.,

http://www3.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc73994/L07X.pdf

Perhaps they will add this feature to -sem- in future versions.  At this 
time, Mplus can do this for you.

Best,
J.

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On 14.07.2013 02:54, Tai Michelle wrote:
> Dear Stata users,
>
> Are there any (technical?) reason or philosophy that -gsem- does not
> provide an option for standardized coefficients while -sem- does?
> Of course it can be achieved by just typing -egen newvar = std(var)-,
> but I just wondered.
>
> Thanks,
> Michelle Tai
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