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type: software
license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'pathlab: Point-and-Click PLS-SEM, CB-SEM, Statistics and More in the Browser'
version: 0.17.16
abstract: 'PathLab SEM runs on your own computer and opens in your web browser, in
  the way ''bibliometrix::biblioshiny()'' does. You draw a path model on a canvas
  and estimate it with ''seminr'' (PLS-SEM), ''lavaan'' (CB-SEM) or ''cSEM'' (GSCA).
  The app also offers statistics with the ''jmv'' engine, qualitative comparative
  analysis, latent profile and class analysis, machine learning, bibliometrics, and
  text and qualitative data analysis. Your data never leave your computer: start the
  app with run().'
authors:
- family-names: Essel
  given-names: Harry Barton
  email: bartoness.knust.fes.eist@gmail.com
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: PathLab SEM
  authors:
  - family-names: Essel
    given-names: Harry Barton
    email: bartoness.knust.fes.eist@gmail.com
  year: '2026'
  notes: Version 0.17.16 [Computer software]
repository: https://bartonessel.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/bartonessel/pathlab
commit: a1ddf34df72526c4a8e1f9ede63e78f1f80624a6
url: https://bartonessel.r-universe.dev/pathlab
date-released: '2026-10-31'
contact:
- family-names: Essel
  given-names: Harry Barton
  email: bartoness.knust.fes.eist@gmail.com