Declare an observed indicator for a latent construct — drm_indicator • drmSEM

Specifies an observed indicator variable for a latent construct declared with drm_latent().

Usage

drm_indicator(name, loading = NULL, marker = FALSE)

Arguments

name: Character string naming an indicator column in the data.
loading: Optional fixed loading value (numeric). If NULL (default), the loading is estimated from data.
marker: Logical. If TRUE, this indicator serves as the marker variable for identification (unit loading constraint: \(\lambda = 1\)).

Value

A drm_indicator object.

See also

drm_latent(), loadings().

Examples

drm_indicator("y1", marker = TRUE)
#> <indicator> y1 [marker, lambda = 1]
drm_indicator("y2")
#> <indicator> y2