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Guided workflow and reporting

Run the staged workflow with explicit researcher decisions, extract report-ready tables, and archive evidence and decisions.

nomo_run()
Run the guided nomologR workflow
nomo_revise()
Revise a guided workflow and keep its lineage
nomo_report()
Render a reproducible nomologR analysis report
nomo_table()
Extract report-ready evidence tables
nomo_apa_table()
Manuscript-ready tables in APA style
nomo_defaults()
Default guidance settings for nomologR

Research basis

The methods the package implements, where each sits between historical and contemporary practice, and the literature behind it.

nomo_methods()
The methods registry: what nomologR computes, and where it comes from

  • Item and data audit
  • nomo_screen()
    Audit item-level data before factor modeling
    print(<nomo_screen>)
    Print a nomo_screen object
    summary(<nomo_screen>)
    Summarize a nomo_screen audit
    print(<summary_nomo_screen>)
    Print a summary_nomo_screen object
    plot(<nomo_screen>)
    Plot a nomo_screen audit

  • Dimensionality and exploratory structure
  • nomo_factors()
    Evaluate evidence about the number of latent factors
    print(<nomo_factors>)
    Print factor-retention evidence
    summary(<nomo_factors>)
    Summarize factor-retention evidence
    print(<summary_nomo_factors>)
    Print a factor-retention summary
    plot(<nomo_factors>)
    Plot factor-retention evidence
    nomo_efa()
    Guided exploratory factor analysis
    summary(<nomo_efa>)
    Summarize a guided exploratory factor analysis
    plot(<nomo_efa>)
    Plot exploratory factor-analysis evidence

  • Confirmatory measurement model
  • nomo_model()
    Build confirmatory factor-analysis syntax
    nomo_split()
    Create a reproducible calibration/validation split
    nomo_cfa()
    Guided confirmatory factor analysis
    summary(<nomo_cfa>)
    Summarize a guided confirmatory factor analysis
    plot(<nomo_cfa>)
    Plot confirmatory factor-analysis evidence
    nomo_compare()
    Compare confirmatory measurement models
    summary(<nomo_compare>)
    Summarize a measurement-model comparison
    plot(<nomo_compare>)
    Plot a measurement-model comparison
    nomo_missing()
    Missing-data sensitivity: does a result depend on how missing data were handled?

  • Reliability and construct-validity evidence
  • nomo_reliability()
    Model-based reliability evidence
    summary(<nomo_reliability>)
    Summarize model-based reliability evidence
    plot(<nomo_reliability>)
    Plot model-based reliability evidence
    nomo_hierarchical()
    Evaluate general-factor strength in bifactor and higher-order models
    plot(<nomo_hierarchical>)
    Plot hierarchical measurement evidence
    nomo_validity()
    Convergent and discriminant construct-validity evidence
    summary(<nomo_validity>)
    Summarize convergent and discriminant measurement evidence
    plot(<nomo_validity>)
    Plot convergent or discriminant validity evidence

  • Measurement invariance
  • nomo_invariance()
    Evaluate measurement invariance across groups
    nomo_partial()
    Specify researcher-controlled partial-invariance releases
    plot(<nomo_invariance>)
    Plot measurement-invariance evidence

  • Scoring
  • nomo_scores()
    Score a measurement model, with the evidence for the scoring choice

  • Theory-specified nomological network
  • nomo_hypotheses()
    Specify a priori expectations for a nomological network
    positive() negative() negligible()
    Specify directional or negligible theoretical expectations
    nomo_network()
    Evaluate a theory-specified nomological network
    plot(<nomo_network>)
    Plot nomological-network evidence

    Teaching datasets

    Simulated data with documented population models, so learners can compare package evidence with the known truth.

    nomo_demo_continuous
    Simulated two-factor item data with known teaching features
    nomo_demo_ordinal
    Simulated five-category ordered item data
    nomo_demo_network
    Simulated multi-construct validation study
    nomo_demo_walkthrough nomo_demo_walkthrough_items
    Shared walkthrough data from content review to empirical screening