(Version 0.1.2, updated on 2026-01-25, release history)

semboottools: Bootstrapping Helpers For Structural Equation Modelling

A collection of helper functions for forming bootstrapping confidence intervals and examining bootstrap estimates in structural equation modelling. An introduction to the package can be found in the following manuscript:

• Yang, W., & Cheung, S. F. (2026). Forming bootstrap confidence intervals and examining bootstrap distributions of standardized coefficients in structural equation modelling: A simplified workflow using the R package semboottools. Behavior Research Methods, 58(2), 38. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02911-z

You can learn more about this package at the Github page of this package.

An illustration of what this package can do can be found in the following Get-Started vignette:

https://yangzhen1999.github.io/semboottools/articles/semboottools.html

Installation

Stable release versions of this package can be installed from CRAN:

install.packages("semboottools")

The latest developmental version of this package can be installed by remotes::install_github:

remotes::install_github("Yangzhen1999/semboottools")

Issues

If you have any suggestions and found any bugs, please feel free to open a GitHub issue. Thanks.