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 # mxsem
 
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 **mxsem** provides a **lavaan**-like (Rosseel, 2012) syntax to implement structural equation models (SEM)
 with **OpenMx** (Boker et al., 2011). The objective is to simplify fitting basic SEM with
 **OpenMx**, while also unlocking some very useful advanced features. For instance, 
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 # mxsem
 
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 **mxsem** provides a **lavaan**-like (Rosseel, 2012) syntax to implement
 structural equation models (SEM) with **OpenMx** (Boker et al., 2011).
 The objective is to simplify fitting basic SEM with **OpenMx**, while