Dear all,
I read in previous forum that it was possible to apply tssem2 over a given pooled correlation matrix with the function wls(), as it is a wrapper of tssem2.
I have found some inconsistent results when using wls() fuction, so I tried to take the pooled correlation matrix obtained by applying a random effect model with the function tssem1, and then analyze it with wls function to check it those results are the same to those obtained by applying tssem2 directly. With those two procedures I obtained differente results, even though they are suppose to be same.
I guess that one possible explanation is that in tssem 1 the sample covariance matrix takes into account the diferential precision of each correlation, and that in wls(), because the asymtotic covariance matrix is calculated over the pooled matrix with the sum of the sample, it does not take into account the diferential sampling variation of each correlation...am I right? Then, should I interpret the results of both procedures (tssem2 and wls) in a different way? I mean, when I am using wls: am I taking into account the diferential variability of each correlation? I calculated the sampling covariance matrix with the function asyCov. I will really appreciate any comment or answer to this question!!
Finally, I would like to thank Mike Cheung for the amazing metaSEM package!
Thank you vey much in advance and kind regards.