Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video shows you the 'nocapslatent' and 'latent' options described in the Stata user's guide for SEM and shows you why these can be very important when running your analysis using command syntax.
A copy of the guide can be found here: stata.com/manuals/sem.pdf
See also: stata.com/support/faqs/statistics/no-paths-from-latent-variable-to-observed-variables
The slightly modified version of the data associated with Example 9 (described in the video) can be obtained here: drive.google.com/file/d/1l5KwcSgM92zuQk0QL9QCjk3j-TIe4x2H/view
In this dataset, the names for three observed variables in the dataset were changed to start with a capital letter.
You can download a textfile with the syntax and descriptions provided in the video here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TF4e0LNh86OV0la5rQkWkf7vtNHVHwQt/view
Links to other videos on using Stata syntax with SEM:
CFA: youtu.be/2nF1qDUeV8k
Path analysis based on summary matrix data: youtu.be/iYhvwixFU68
This video shows you the 'nocapslatent' and 'latent' options described in the Stata user's guide for SEM and shows you why these can be very important when running your analysis using command syntax.
A copy of the guide can be found here: stata.com/manuals/sem.pdf
See also: stata.com/support/faqs/statistics/no-paths-from-latent-variable-to-observed-variables
The slightly modified version of the data associated with Example 9 (described in the video) can be obtained here: drive.google.com/file/d/1l5KwcSgM92zuQk0QL9QCjk3j-TIe4x2H/view
In this dataset, the names for three observed variables in the dataset were changed to start with a capital letter.
You can download a textfile with the syntax and descriptions provided in the video here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TF4e0LNh86OV0la5rQkWkf7vtNHVHwQt/view
Links to other videos on using Stata syntax with SEM:
CFA: youtu.be/2nF1qDUeV8k
Path analysis based on summary matrix data: youtu.be/iYhvwixFU68
