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+====== An Open Source Structural Equation Modeling Path Diagram to Syntax Application ======
+**Supervisor**: Jeff Edmonds
+**Required Background**: JAVA
+**Recommended Background**: GUI Development
+__Description__
+The software required is an application that allows researchers to define their hypothesized models visually and will output the correct syntax for the analytical software of their choosing.
+To date a promising functional application has been developed in JAVA by a Computer Science student as a 4080 project.  The existing software allows the user to draw a path diagram and outputs code for the R package sem.  There are a number of improvements to be made (refinements and additions to graphical user interface) and then the application needs to be extended to output syntax appropriate for additional software applications (openMX, MPlus and EQS).
+This a cross-disciplinary project with the Quantitative Methods division of the Department of Psychology. As such, the student will be working with individuals with expertise in the relevant statistics but are not themselves software developers, which is reflective of real-world situations.  The student is not expected to have any familiarity with statistics or the software packages mentioned above, this background will be provided.
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