Structural Equation Models Platform Options
The Structural Equation Models red triangle menu contains the following options:
Path Diagram Settings
Contains the following options to modify the path diagram display:
Customize Diagram
Enables you to customize many aspects of the path diagram. See Options to Customize the Path Diagram.
Layout
Contains two options that change the overall shape of the path diagram. You can choose between a Left to Right layout or a Top to Bottom layout.
Tip: You can also drag items in the path diagram to change the arrangement of specific items.
Copy Diagram
Saves an image of the path diagram to the clipboard. To retain the highest possible quality, paste the clipboard image as a vector graphic.
Copy Diagram Properties
Copies the current path diagram properties to the clipboard. You can then paste the properties into another SEM path diagram.
Paste Diagram Properties
Pastes the path diagram properties from the clipboard into the current SEM path diagram.
Descriptive Statistics
Contains the following options to produce descriptive statistics:
Univariate Simple Statistics
Shows or hides a univariate simple statistics report. The statistics in this report are estimated for each column independently from other columns that might have missing data.
Full Information Multivariate Statistics
Shows or hides a multivariate simple statistics report. The statistics in this report are estimated with full information maximum likelihood to account for missing data.
Inference
Contains the following options to produce robust and bootstrap inferences to model nonnormal data:
Robust Inference
(Available only for Wide Data Format.) Computes sandwich standard errors for Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Full Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) parameter estimates, as well as robust fit statistics. This option is particularly useful for continuous data that are not normally distributed, such as survey data or data sets with ordinal or non-normal distributions.
Bootstrap Inference
Computes bootstrap estimates for nonnormal data and for testing effects that are typically not normally distributed, such as indirect effects in mediation models. You can choose the statistics in the report for which you want to obtain bootstrap estimates. Bias-corrected confidence intervals and Bollen-Stine transformations for the chi-square statistic are available. You can customize the alpha level for the bootstrap confidence intervals, the number of bootstrap samples, and an optional random seed. The Bootstrap Inference report contains bootstrap estimates, standard errors, and confidence intervals for parameter estimates.
Launch Explore Outliers
Launches the Explore Outliers platform. See “Explore Outliers” in Predictive and Specialized Modeling.
Launch Explore Missing Values
(Not available when there are no missing values.) Launches the Explore Missing Values platform. See “Explore Missing Values” in Predictive and Specialized Modeling.
Add Manifest Variables
Enables you to add new manifest variables to the current model. After you select new manifest variables to add, a new Structural Equation Models report is launched. The new report uses the existing model specification with the newly added manifest variables.
Remove Manifest Variables
Enables you to launch a new Structural Equation Models report with the specified manifest variables removed. After you select manifest variables to remove, a new report is launched. The new report uses the existing model specification with the specified manifest variables removed.
Copy Model Specification
Copies the current structural equation model specifications to the clipboard. You can then paste the model specifications into another SEM platform report.
Paste Model Specification
Pastes the model specifications from the clipboard into the current model specifications.
See “Local Data Filters in JMP Reports”, “Redo Menus in JMP Reports”, “Group Platform”, and “Save Script Menus in JMP Reports” in Using JMP for more information about the following options:
Local Data Filter
Shows or hides the local data filter that enables you to filter the data used in a specific report.
Redo
Contains options that enable you to repeat or relaunch the analysis. In platforms that support the feature, the Automatic Recalc option immediately reflects the changes that you make to the data table in the corresponding report window.
Platform Preferences
Contains options that enable you to view the current platform preferences or update the platform preferences to match the settings in the current JMP report.
Save Script
Contains options that enable you to save a script that reproduces the report to several destinations.
Save By-Group Script
Contains options that enable you to save a script that reproduces the platform report for all levels of a By variable to several destinations. Available only when a By variable is specified in the launch window.
Note: Additional options for this platform are available through scripting. Open the Scripting Index under the Help menu. In the Scripting Index, you can also find examples for scripting the options that are described in this section.