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Amos Introduction In this tutorial, you will be briefly introduced to the student version of the SEM software known as Amos. You should download the current Amos manual, as this introduction will be skeletal. You will also want to download the free student version of the software. Go to www.amosdevelopment.com for these items.

Why Start with Amos? For those starting out, I feel that it is worth starting with the free version of Amos even if you plan to use some other software for your serious work. Why?, (1) because the software learning curve for Amos is very short, (2) none of the other packages have manuals that are well suited for the beginning student to learn about SEM, and (3) Amos gives very explicit specification of models, which is helpful in understanding what is being done.

Example of Excel Data File – Raw Data Format The standard way to format data is with variables in columns and cases in rows. Note that for missing data, the cells should be left blank.

Other Data Formats Amos Can Read in Excel Note that we have the choice of either inputting the raw data, which is preferred when it is available, or in the form of a correlation matrix (as shown), or in the form of a raw covariance matrix.

Launching Amos From among the many modules that come with Amos, you want to start by opening "Amos Graphics".

The Amos Graphics Graphical User Interface (GUI) There are often several different ways one can execute options in Amos. In this tutorial, I will tend to use icons rather than dropdown menus. Also, numerous options can be executed from a right click of the mouse.

Step 1: Open your data file. This icon, which looks like an Excel spreadsheet, is used to open data files and link them to your model.

Step 1: Open your data file. (continued) Once you click on the data file icon, you encounter the data file manager. Now, click on File Name.

Step 1: Open your data file. (continued)

Step 1: Open your data file. (continued) You will need to choose the sheet in Excel file you want to use before clicking OK.

Step 1: Open your data file. (continued) You can view the data in the datasheet either before or after selecting this as the dataset you want to use. Once you say, OK, you have opened the dataset and can access the variables.

Step 2: Dragging observed variables to the palette. This icon gives you the list of variables in the dataset.

Step 2: Dragging observed variables to the palette. (continued) By selecting and holding down the mouse key, you can drag variables to the palette.

Step 2: Dragging observed variables to the palette. (continued) Observed variables are shown as rectangles.

Step 3: Once variables are in on palette, you can move them and resize/reshape them (for aesthetics). Tool to use for moving things. Tool to use for reshaping things.

Step 3: Once variables are on palette, you can move them and resize/reshape them. (continued)

Step 4: Drawing arrows. Tool to use for drawing directional arrows between variables. If you want to erase anything (e.g., arrow or variable), use this tool.

Step 5: Adding error variables. Response (endogenous) variables require error terms. These error terms are represented as error variables. We can add them by selecting this tool and clicking on the response variables. Try clicking the error term tool over an endogenous variable repeatedly to see what that does.

Step 6: Naming error variables. All variables must have names, this applies to the error variables too. To name the error variables, you must highlight them, right click, and select Object Properties.

Step 6: Naming error variables. (continued) Note that error variables have unstandardized regression weights of 1.0, which are shown. Simply by typing a name into the form, we name the variable. We can leave the window open and click on any object to modify its properties. To accept changes, simple close the window by clicking the square with the red X.

Step 7: Adding a title to our model. Select the Title tool and then click at the place on the palette where you want the title to go. The title tool gives you a chance to both enter the caption text and to set its properties.

Step 8: Now we had better save our model. The icon that looks like a floppy disc executes the save command.

Step 9: Setting the run parameters. To set the run parameters, we click this icon.

Step 9: Setting the run parameters. (continued) There are a great many options encountered here. Right now we only need to be concerned with two of the tabs. On the estimation tab, the only thing we might be interested in is the possibility of estimating the means and intercepts. However, in this example, our data only consist of correlations and standard deviations, so we have no information regarding the means. Thus, we must leave that option unchecked.

Step 9: Setting the run parameters. (continued) On the Output tab, there are many options of interest. Right now we will only select “Standardized estimates” and “Squared multiple correlations”. Clicking on the red X closes the window, leaving us ready to run the model.

Step 10: Running the model (estimating parameters). The abacus icon initiates the calculation process.

Step 11: Getting to the results. It is helpful to resize this window so you can get a peek at the chi-square and df of the model after it runs. To access the full results, this is the icon you will need to click.

Step 11: Looking at results. Amos uses a directory tree to organize model output. You should look through all the output to get familiar with where information is located.

Step 11: Looking at results. (continued) Once we determine that our model fit is acceptable, our focus is placed on the estimates, their standard errors, the critical ratios (which are like t-tests), and the associated p-values. Since we requested standardized values, they are presented in the output.

Wrap Up This tutorial focused on the mechanics of specifying a model in Amos. Issues related to model building, model testing, and interpretation are covered in other tutorials specific to those topics.