| name | vera-data-cfa-generating |
| description | Full CFA skill for measurement-model evaluation. Extends the initial CFA fit with reliability, convergent/discriminant validity, alternative-model comparison, modification-index review, subgroup invariance testing, and manuscript-ready methods/results. Trigger after vera-data-cfa-reviewing completes and its PART 0–2 artifacts are present (see ../../CROSS-SKILL-INTERFACE.md). If invoked directly without those artifacts, halts and prompts the user to run testing first or supply equivalent PART 0–2 code. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Bash, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob |
CFA Analyzing — Full Measurement Model & Manuscript
Open-source skill.
Read reference/specs/output-variation-protocol.md before every generation.
Workflow
| Step | Responsibility | Executor | Document | Input | Output |
|---|
| Additional tests | Run Additional Tests | Main Agent | workflow/step04-run-additional-tests.md | Prior step output | Reliability + validity code/prose |
| Subgroup | Analyze Subgroups | Main Agent | workflow/step05-analyze-subgroups.md | Prior step output | Measurement invariance code/prose |
| Modeling | Fit Models | Main Agent | workflow/step06-fit-models.md | Prior step output | Alternative CFA models |
| Comparison | Compare Models | Main Agent | workflow/step07-compare-models.md | Prior step output | Cross-model synthesis |
| Manuscript | Generate Manuscript | Main Agent | workflow/step08-generate-manuscript.md | Prior step output | methods.md + results.md |
Additional Inputs
Collect if missing:
- target discipline / journal style
- whether theory allows correlated residuals or cross-loadings
- planned grouping variable for invariance
- whether ordinal indicators should force a categorical estimator
Output Structure
output/
├── methods.md
├── results.md
├── tables/
├── figures/
├── references.bib
├── code.R
└── code.py
Key References
| File | Purpose |
|---|
reference/specs/output-variation-protocol.md | Output quality variation |
reference/specs/code-style-variation.md | Code style diversity |
reference/patterns/sentence-bank.md | SEM wording variants |
reference/rules/reporting-standards.md | CFA reporting rules |