Introduction to AMOS, part 1

1. Drawing a diagram

- Useful toolbar icons

- Models with observed variables

- Models with latent variables

2. Reading a data file

- SPSS, Excel, dbf files

- Raw data, data files containing covariances and means

3. Output options

- Basic output

- Modification indexes, critical ratios

- Indirect, direct and total effects, factor score weights

- Stability index for non-recursive models

- Estimating means and intercepts

4. Assigning labels, testing equality of parameters by assigning the same labels

References

1. AMOS 4.0 User’s Guide, SmallWaters Corporation, 1999
2. Barbara M. Byrne, Structural Equation Modeling with AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications and Programming, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
3. Kenneth A. Bollen, Structural Equations with Latent Variables, John Wiley & Sons, 1989