What is AMOS Plugins?

AMOS does not do everything we want it to do. So, James Gaskin had created some plugins and estimands to make up the difference. A plugin is a macro that can be used to automate AMOS. An estimand is a custom function that can add calculations and output to the AMOS analysis.

Installation Instructions

• Download the plugin or estimand HERE to your own computer on your Windows side.

• Right click, go to properties, and then on the general tab, at the bottom, if there is a button captioned "unblock", click on this button. If not, no worries.

• If a plugin, place the file into the following folder:

  • if using AMOS version 23 or lower:

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SPSS\Amos\23\Plugins

  • In this case, 23 is the AMOS version number.

• • if using AMOS version 24 - 26:

  • C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\AmosDevelopment\Amos\{AmosVersion}\Plugins

  • Make sure to replace username and AmosVersion with your own local directories.

• if using AMOS version 27 or higher:

  • The plugins do not yet work for these versions. IBM changed something in the base code that makes my plugins not work... So, I'm working with a research assistant to try to resolve this. We are hoping to have this resolved by May 2022.

  • In the meantime, you can always use the Excel StatTools listed on the left navigation pane of this statwiki. It will handle some basic things, like validity checks.

Installing Plugins for AMOS v23 & Lower