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type: software
license: GPL-3.0-or-later
title: 'blavaan: Bayesian Latent Variable Analysis'
version: 0.6-1
doi: 10.18637/jss.v100.i06
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.blavaan
abstract: 'Fit a variety of Bayesian latent variable models, including confirmatory
  factor analysis, structural equation models, and latent growth curve models. References:
  Merkle & Rosseel (2018) <https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v085.i04>; Merkle et al. (2021)
  <https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v100.i06>.'
authors:
- family-names: Merkle
  given-names: Edgar
  email: merklee@missouri.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7158-0653
- family-names: Rosseel
  given-names: Yves
  email: Yves.Rosseel@UGent.be
- family-names: Goodrich
  given-names: Ben
  email: benjamin.goodrich@columbia.edu
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: Efficient Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling in Stan
  authors:
  - family-names: Merkle
    given-names: Edgar C.
    email: merklee@missouri.edu
  - family-names: Fitzsimmons
    given-names: Ellen
  - family-names: Uanhoro
    given-names: James
  - family-names: Goodrich
    given-names: Ben
    email: benjamin.goodrich@columbia.edu
  journal: Journal of Statistical Software
  year: '2021'
  volume: '100'
  issue: '6'
  doi: 10.18637/jss.v100.i06
  start: '1'
  end: '22'
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/ecmerkle/blavaan
commit: b6fc73c2d3c7c4509e66dce9c3121f0d4287ecde
url: https://blavaan.org
date-released: '2026-08-22'
contact:
- family-names: Merkle
  given-names: Edgar
  email: merklee@missouri.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7158-0653
references:
- type: article
  title: 'blavaan: Bayesian Structural Equation Models via Parameter Expansion'
  authors:
  - family-names: Merkle
    given-names: Edgar C.
    email: merklee@missouri.edu
  - family-names: Rosseel
    given-names: Yves
  journal: Journal of Statistical Software
  year: '2018'
  volume: '85'
  issue: '4'
  doi: 10.18637/jss.v085.i04
  start: '1'
  end: '30'