Now that we've learned the basics of full structural models, we'll be taking up the following topics in the coming weeks:

Comparative model testing and nestedness

We'll use the following article to delve more deeply into comparative model testing:

Bryant, A. L., Schulenberg, J., Bachman, J. G., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2000). Understanding the links among school misbehavior, academic achievement, and cigarette use: A national panel study of adolescents. Prevention Science, 1, 71-87.

Maximum Likelihood Estimation

Phrasing of hypotheses

Equivalent models

Negative variances (Heywood Cases)

Equality constraints (these lecture notes also touch briefly on longitudinal models and multiple-group analyses)

Longitudinal (panel) models

Multiple-Group Modeling (see notes on equality constraints above; Kyle Gillett dissertation in links section to the right)

Dyadic analysis in SEM (Actor-Partner Interdependence Model)

Running an AMOS model off of a published correlation/covariance matrix from the literature

Advanced Applications

Latent Growth Modeling (here and here)

Example: Barnes, G. M., Reifman, A. S., Farrell, M. P., & Dintcheff, B. A. (2000). The effects of parenting on the development of adolescent alcohol misuse: A six-wave latent growth model. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 175-186.

AMOS vs. Mplus