Fit a variety of Bayesian latent variable models, including confirmatory
factor analysis, structural equation models, and latent growth curve models. References: Merkle & Rosseel (2018) <doi:10.18637/jss.v085.i04>; Merkle et al. (2021) <doi:10.18637/jss.v100.i06>.
| Version: |
0.5-10 |
| Depends: |
R (≥ 4.1.0), methods, Rcpp (≥ 0.12.15) |
| Imports: |
stats, utils, graphics, lavaan (≥ 0.6-18), coda, mnormt, nonnest2 (≥ 0.5-7), loo (≥ 2.0), rstan (≥ 2.26.0), rstantools (≥ 1.5.0), RcppParallel (≥ 5.0.1), bayesplot, Matrix, future.apply, tmvnsim, igraph |
| LinkingTo: |
StanHeaders (≥ 2.26.0), rstan (≥ 2.26.0), BH (≥ 1.69.0), Rcpp (≥ 0.12.15), RcppEigen (≥ 0.3.3.4.0), RcppParallel (≥
5.0.1) |
| Suggests: |
runjags (≥ 2.0.4-3), modeest (≥ 2.3.3), rjags, cmdstanr, semTools, blavsam, tinytest |
| Published: |
2026-01-20 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.blavaan |
| Author: |
Edgar Merkle 
[aut, cre],
Yves Rosseel [aut],
Ben Goodrich [aut],
Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal
[ctb]
(R/blav_compare.R, R/ctr_bayes_fit.R, vignettes),
Terrence D. Jorgensen
[ctb]
(R/ctr_bayes_fit.R, R/ctr_ppmc.R, R/blav_predict.R),
Huub Hoofs [ctb] (R/ctr_bayes_fit.R),
Rens van de Schoot [ctb] (R/ctr_bayes_fit.R),
Andrew Johnson [ctb] (Makevars),
Matthew Emery [ctb] (loo moment_match),
Michael S. Truong [ctb] (options(blavaan.target)) |
| Maintainer: |
Edgar Merkle <merklee at missouri.edu> |
| BugReports: |
https://github.com/ecmerkle/blavaan/issues |
| License: |
GPL (≥ 3) |
| URL: |
https://ecmerkle.github.io/blavaan/,
https://github.com/ecmerkle/blavaan |
| NeedsCompilation: |
yes |
| SystemRequirements: |
GNU make |
| Additional_repositories: |
https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev/,
https://ecmerkle.github.io/drat |
| Citation: |
blavaan citation info |
| Materials: |
README, NEWS |
| In views: |
Bayesian, MixedModels, Psychometrics |
| CRAN checks: |
blavaan results |