Dear all,
with the "group" argument in the "sem" function in lavaan (R) I have created two separate models for men and women for my research. Accordingly to prior recommendations I have first tested for configural, metric, scalar and strict invariances, and the model worked well. Now I'm wondering if there is a way to compare beta coefficients between those two models, as I would like to see whether there are any significant differences between the same paths on models for different sexes. As such I would like to ask for your help!
Best regards and thanks!
RT
Hi Radoslav,
impose equality constraints on the unstandardized coefficients and test the difference with the chisquares of the unrestricted and restricted model (the same logic as in any other form of invariance test).
HTH
Holger
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