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: | 
0.4-3 | 
| Depends: | 
R (≥ 3.5.0), methods, lavaan (≥ 0.6-10), Rcpp (≥ 0.12.15) | 
| Imports: | 
stats, utils, graphics, coda, mnormt, nonnest2 (≥ 0.5-5), loo (≥ 2.0), rstan (≥ 2.21.2), rstantools (≥ 1.5.0), RcppParallel (≥ 5.0.1), bayesplot, Matrix, future.apply, tmvnsim | 
| LinkingTo: | 
StanHeaders (≥ 2.18.1), rstan (≥ 2.21.2), BH (≥ 1.69.0), Rcpp (≥ 0.12.15), RcppEigen (≥ 0.3.3.4.0), RcppParallel (≥
5.0.1) | 
| Suggests: | 
runjags (≥ 2.0.4-4), modeest (≥ 2.3.3), rjags, cmdstanr, semTools, tinytest | 
| Published: | 
2022-05-11 | 
| 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/approx_fi.Rmd),
  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) | 
| Maintainer: | 
Edgar Merkle  <merklee at missouri.edu> | 
| License: | 
GPL (≥ 3) | 
| NeedsCompilation: | 
yes | 
| SystemRequirements: | 
GNU make | 
| Additional_repositories: | 
https://mc-stan.org/r-packages/ | 
| Citation: | 
blavaan citation info  | 
| Materials: | 
README NEWS  | 
| In views: | 
Bayesian, MixedModels, Psychometrics | 
| CRAN checks: | 
blavaan results |