library(lavaan) library(semtree) set.seed(1238) N <- 500 # simulate data with Cohen's d = 2 Data <- data.frame(y = c(rnorm(N/2, mean = -1), rnorm(N/2, mean = 1)), z = rep(c(0,1),each=N/2) ) m_lav <- ' y ~~ y y ~ 1 ' m_lav_constrained <- ' y ~~ y y ~ c(a,a)*1 ' ####Testing semtree with lavaan models #### fit_lav <- lavaan(model = m_lav, data = Data) forest <- semforest(model=fit_lav, data = Data, control = semforest.control( num.trees = 5, control=semtree_control(method="score"))) vim <- varimp(forest) plot(vim) zimp <- semtree:::aggregateVarimp(vim) fit_lav_multigroup <- lavaan(model = m_lav, data = Data,group = "z") fit_lav_multigroup2 <- lavaan(model = m_lav_constrained, data = Data,group = "z") lrt <- anova(fit_lav_multigroup,fit_lav_multigroup2) chi2 <- lrt$`Chisq diff`[2] cat("Importance: ", zimp,"\n") cat("MG Chi^2: ",chi2,"\n")