Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming | Date: 28 April 2011, 06:20
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Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming (Multivariate Applications)
By Barbara Byrne
* Publisher: Psychology Press
* Number Of Pages: 416
* Publication Date: 2009-07-28
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0805863729
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780805863727
Product Description:
This book illustrates the ease with which AMOS 4.0 can be used to address research questions that lend themselves to structural equation modeling (SEM). This goal is achieved by: 1) presenting a nonmathematical introduction to the basic concepts and applications of structural equation modeling; 2) demonstrating basic applications of SEM using AMOS 4.0; and 3) highlighting features of AMOS 4.0 that address important caveats related to SEM analyses.
Written in a user-friendly style, the author walks the reader through 10 SEM applications from model specification to estimation to the assessment and interpretation of the output. Each of the book's applications is accompanied by:
* a statement of the hypothesis being tested;
* a schematic representation of the model under study;
* the use and function of a wide variety of icons and pull-down menus;
* a full explanation of related AMOS Graphic input models and output files;
* a model input file based on AMOS BASIC; and
* the published reference from which each application was drawn.
Summary: Terms & Explanations do not correspond well to AMOS
Rating: 1
For a book that presumes to describe the use of a particular software (AMOS) for conducting Structural Equation Modeling, this book misses the mark by quite a bit. Many of the terms and windows figures the author uses do not correspond well to those actually used in AMOS. Also, the description of what the author is doing is often not as clear as one would hope, and I found myself often at a lost as to what the intent or purpose was for performing each step and why one may want to perform each procedure discussed. Lastly, this book spends the vast majority of its page space discussing factor analyses (confirmatory factor analysis) and the use of modification indices. While this may be of some importance to some researchers, the more theorectically and empirically meaningful discussion of assessing and comparing various causal models of association are tersely covered and and the rationale behind such analytical tools poorly explained. Also, the author seems to advocate for some practices in SEM that many other experts may not condone.
Summary: Structional Equaltion Modelling with AMOS
Rating: 4
The book is very good for both beginners and to some degree for intermediate persons. Also, chapters include many illustrative examples.
Besides, you can download the examples from a given web site, which is usefull to solve the examples in the book by yourself.
Summary: Good approach to AMOS, sometimes hard to follow
Rating: 3
The book is comprehensible in general, it permits to make the exercises in Amos very easily. Nevertheless some explanations are hard to follow, for instance, what she call the "smorgasbord" of quality indices and other technical issues are difficult to follow, I had to read several times to connect the ideas and get the final picture of what she tries to explain, and figure out why the output may indicate that the model may be bad and good at the same time.
Concerning explanations I prefer the book by Tenko Raykov about SEM, but it is not related to AMOS, so the book by Byrne is acceptable. in addition Byrne provides several examples that are very useful.
Summary: Great reference source
Rating: 5
This is an excellent book for beginners to AMOS, as well as to anyone who needs an occasional straightforward and detailed reference source. That said, don't expect detailed discussions of the theoretical underpinnings of SEM. I would classify this as a strictly practical, hands-on approach - and completely indispensable because of it.
One little bit of concern I have is that this book was published in 2001. Though it appears to remain relevant, it was written using AMOS version 4.0 (I'm using 7.0 now). It hasn't been a problem so far, but I would expect to find a few things that are out of date from time-to-time. A revision would be most welcom.
Summary: Good but?
Rating: 2
The printed output analysis may prove helpful - if I ever get that far.
After struggling for most of a day attempting to display output path weights I began searching the Internet for helps and how to's.
A CD that contained sample data for the printed examples would have been very much appreciated.
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