Package: bifactory
Title: (Bifactor) ESEM with Continuous (MLR) or Ordered (WLSMV) Data
Version: 0.5.0
Authors@R: 
    person(given  = "Leon T.",
           family = "De Beer",
           email  = "leondb@gmail.com",
           role   = c("aut", "cre"))
Description: Fits bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Models
        (B-ESEM), together with standard ESEM and Confirmatory Factor
        Analysis (CFA), for continuous and ordered-categorical data.
        Continuous models use 'lavaan' native 'efa()' blocks (MLR).
        Ordered-categorical ESEM defaults to 'lavaan' WLSMV; ordered
        B-ESEM uses a custom diagonally weighted least squares (DWLS)
        path with polychoric correlations from 'psych', rotation-delta
        standard errors via 'numDeriv', and a mean- and
        variance-adjusted chi-square. Target, geomin, and oblimin
        rotations use 'GPArotation'; the bifactor ESEM approach follows
        Morin, Arens and Marsh (2016)
        <doi:10.1080/10705511.2014.961800>. Additional features include
        multi-group measurement invariance (configural through strict,
        with partial invariance), ESEM-within-CFA conversion,
        McDonald's omega reliability suite, and the Mehrvarz and Rouder
        (2026) <doi:10.31234/osf.io/95enc_v3> alignment ratio check for
        ICM-CFA misspecification. An optional 'MplusAutomation'
        interface allows side-by-side comparison with 'Mplus' output.
License: AGPL-3
URL: https://github.com/leondebeer/bifactory
BugReports: https://github.com/leondebeer/bifactory/issues
Encoding: UTF-8
Depends: R (>= 4.1.0)
Imports: lavaan (>= 0.6-21), GPArotation, psych, MASS, numDeriv, stats,
        utils, graphics, methods
Suggests: MplusAutomation, openxlsx2, testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
Repository: https://leondebeer.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-06-30 10:04:32 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/leondebeer/bifactory
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 2366c53ca0839ef7dfbaa143154d330f24ba5d5d
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-07-12 08:05:54 UTC; root
Author: Leon T. De Beer [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Leon T. De Beer <leondb@gmail.com>