Title

sem — Structural equation model estimation command

Syntax Menu Description Options Remarks & examples Stored results Reference Also see SYNTAX

sem paths [ if ] [ in ] [ weight] [ , options ]

where paths are the paths of the model in command-language path notation; see [SEM] sem and gsem path notation.

options Description

model description options fully define, along with paths, the model to be fit group options fit model for different groups

ssd options for use with summary statistics data

estimation options method used to obtain estimation results

reporting options reporting of estimation results

syntax options controlling interpretation of syntax

Menu

Statistics > SEM (structural equation modeling) > Model building and estimation Description

sem fits structural equation models. Even when you use the SEM Builder, you are using the sem command.

Options

model description options describe the model to be fit. The model to be fit is fully specified by paths—which appear immediately after sem—and the options covariance(), variance(), and means(). See [SEM] sem model description options and [SEM] sem and gsem path notation.