Amos 4.

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There isn’t a major learning curve with Amos 4.0’s

powerful graphical interface. You’ll immediately
feel comfortable pointing and clicking, dragging
and dropping – no more need to type commands.
Amos 4.0 also gives you more options for the
most advanced methods of SEM analysis.

Draw meaning from your data the other

methods miss with Amos
Easy-to-use drawing Amos takes the mystery out of structural equation
and editing tools make modeling (SEM). Using Amos, you quickly create
building publication- models to verify how your variables affect each
ready models a snap other and why they act that way.
Go from on-
screen model No other program gives you the power to build structural
to published models so quickly or easily. Plus, Amos is precise. You’ll
results quickly find it is the ideal software for developing new policies,
choosing courses of action or confirming that your
Support your research existing programs are soundly based.
and theories with
popular structural Everything is simple drawing tools, point-and-click and
equation models drag-and-drop. SEM’s that used to take days to program
Put leading-edge are now minutes from finished models. It has a one-button
techniques in method to access your models fit. Amos is useful when
your toolbox you have observational data from surveys, longitudinal
studies or panels. Use Amos for many tasks, including:
Model complex ■ Market research for analyzing customer satisfaction,
relationships because brand loyalty and purchase behavior
any variable can
■ Government research, social science research or
predict another
educational research for evaluating program outcomes
Build richer
or behavioral models
models
■ Business planning or economic planning for
econometric and financial models
Make better decisions based
on more complete and accurate models
Amos builds models that more accurately reflect
complex relationships because any variable, observed
or latent, can predict any other variable. Amos gives
you a richer and more comprehensive model on which
to base your decisions because the model is solved
simultaneously. And, you’ll save time because you can
combine factor and regression models into one.
Find hidden information with comprehensive models
With Amos, you can easily combine information from
multiple measures into broader concepts to achieve
better estimates. You can also find hidden variables
that are important to the final result. For example,
a brand loyalty indicator could be the package size
bought and the number and frequency of purchases.
Control your parameters for more precise models
Control how variables are created with confirmatory
factor analysis by specifying and testing the factor
pattern instead of relying on traditional exploratory
factor analysis which is less conclusive. Take advantage
of previous research by assigning known constraints
and parameters directly to your model.
Help when you need it
Easily learn how to use Amos with the comprehensive
User’s Guide which walks you through each step of
structural equation modeling using 21 examples. Get
answers at your fingertips with Amos’ thorough online
help which includes listings for further references,
complete algorithms and a helpful notation appendix.

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■ Just one click lets you display a diagram for a different estimate under normal distribution theory, including AnswerTree ®
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■ View the contents of the data file simulation by parametric bootstrap Clementine Solution ®
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■ Drag variable names from the data set to the path diagram ■ Methods for estimating structural equation models: Publisher Value Analysis ™

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components, errors in variables, measurement residual; Hoelter’s critical n, Bentler-Bonnet and SmartScore ™
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■ Analyze multiple models simultaneously; Amos ■ Create presentation quality path diagrams SPSS Categories ®

determines which models are nested and automatically ■ Print or paste path diagram into other applications

calculates test statistics ■ Use toolbox palette with buttons to draw your model
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