test_that("CFA works", { # The following model is copied from Schoemann, A. M. (2015). Structural equation # modeling with R using lavaan. https://osf.io/5mvqt # # lavaan model by Alexander M. Schoemann # at https://osf.io/ijwtm library(lavaan) library(mxsem) set.seed(123) modCat <- ' reason =~ reason_4 + reason_16 + reason_17 + reason_19 letter =~ letter_7 + letter_33 + letter_34 + letter_58 matrix =~ matrix_45 + matrix_46 + matrix_47 + matrix_55 rotate =~ rotate_3 + rotate_4 + rotate_6 + rotate_8 ' data <- lavaan::simulateData(modCat) fitCat <- cfa(modCat, data = data, std.lv = TRUE, missing = "ml") fit_mx <- mxsem(model = modCat, data = data, scale_loadings = FALSE, scale_latent_variances = TRUE) |> mxTryHard() testthat::expect_lt(abs(-2*logLik(fitCat) - fit_mx$fitfunction$result[[1]]), 1e-4) })