PATH ANALYSIS FROM CORRELATION MATRIX
PATH ANALYSIS FROM CORRELATION MATRIX
set more off
clear
*1. Define Variables
ssd init var_y var_x1 var_x2 var_x3 var_x4 var_x5
*2. Define sample size
ssd set obs 1000
ssd set means 0 0 0 0 0 0 // this value is default
ssd set sd 1 1 1 1 1 1 // this value is default
*3. Define Correlation Matrix
#delimit;
ssd set correlations 1.00 \
.30 1.00 \
.30 .60 1.00 \
.25 .60 .60 1.00 \
.25 .60 .60 .60 1.00 \
.25 .60 .60 .60 .60 1.00;
#delimit cr
ssd status
ssd describe
ssd list
*3. Define the Model.
sem (var_y <-var_x1 var_x2 var_x3 var_x4 ), stand
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