Structural equation modeling: page 1


Introducing SEM: video, Powerpoint

STATA

Newest videos:

Older videos: 

Path analysis: video; .dta file (complete), .dta (incomplete data), path model

Confirmatory factor analysis (Sept, 2018): video, .dta (complete dataset), .dta (data with missing values), CFA model (diagram)

Using Satorra-Bentler estimator: video, .dta file (complete data), .dta file (incomplete data), path model 

Confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis with latent variables: video,.dta file, cfa model


Simple mediation analysis using R ('MBESS' package): video, .csv file, text file containing syntax 

SEM using the Lavaan package in R 

Full structural equation modeling using Lavaan and R Studio (2023): video , text file  

----Most recent Lavaan series

Confirmatory factor analysis (Jan, 2020): video, .RData file, text file with commands, article cited in video

Multilevel mediation (January, 2020): video, .RData, Powerpoint, text file (containing commands), PLOS ONE article link

Growth curve modeling (Jan, 2020): video, .RData file, text file with commands, Powerpoint

Path analysis in R using Lavaan (new, Sept. 2019; video 1): video, .csv file (data), text file (syntax, etc.), Model specification (powerpoint)

Path analysis in R using Lavaan (new, Sept. 2019; video 2): Testing indirect and total effects: video, text file (containing syntax), Powerpoint,.csv file (data)

Path analysis in R using Lavaan (new, Sept. 2019; video 3): Assessing and managing multivariate nonnormality: video, text file (containing syntax, etc.), .csv file

Path analysis in R using Lavaan (new, Sept. 2019; video 4): Addressing missing data with full-information maximum likelihood estimation: video, .csv file (with missing data), text file

----Older

CFA using Lavaan and 'cfa' function: Video,.csv file 1, .csv file 2, text file containing syntax (and other info), link to journal article on Lavaan

CFA using Lavaan and 'lavaan' function: Video, text file containing syntax

Path analysis with manifest variables using the 'sem' function with Lavaan: Video, .csv file, text file containing syntax

Path analysis with latent variables using the 'sem' function with Lavaan: Video, .csv file, text file containing syntax

Mediation models with categorical mediators and/or outcomes: video, .csv file, text file containing syntax, etc., Powerpoint with models

Bootstrapping standard errors to test indirect (i.e., mediated) effects: video, .csv file, text file containing syntax


Jamovi (free, open-source program; downloadable from here)

Test driving the Jamovi program: video

Testing simple mediation and moderation using 'medmod' package: video, .sav file (can be read by Jamovi)

Demonstration of confirmatory factor analysis capabilities: video, .sav file, Jamovi data file


AMOS 

A very basic introduction to AMOS for beginners (Jan 2021): video , SPSS data 

Multiple group path analysis  (Part 1): Invariance-testing using AMOS (Jan 2021): video , Powerpoint (includes links to materials) 

Multiple group path analysis (Part 2): Testing difference between groups on indirect effect: video (go under video link for links to additional materials)

Latent variable path analysis using AMOS (Jan 2021): video , SPSS data file , AMOS file (measurement model 1) , AMOS file (measurement model 2) , AMOS file (path model) 

Path analysis from summary matrix input data (Jan 2021): video , Powerpoint , SPSS data file , AMOS file 

Testing specific indirect effects via User Defined Estimands in AMOS (Jan 2021): video , SPSS data , AMOS file 

Computing and interpreting composite reliability / McDonald's omega in the context of a two-factor CFA model (Jan 2021): video , Powerpoint (links to data and .amw files are inside)

Computing composite reliability / McDonald's omega using AMOS (Dec 2020): video , Link to Plos one article , SPSS data  SPSS data (missing data example) , Amos file (.amw) one factor model , Amos file (.amw) for computing reliability , Powerpoint 

Second-order CFA models using AMOS (Dec 2020): video , Powerpoint , SPSS data 

Latent variable interactions in AMOS using double-mean centered product indicators : video , Powerpoint (covers residual centering too) , SPSS data, .amw file 

Testing measurement invariance using AMOS: video , powerpoint , zip file containing data, AMOS models, and Excel calculator 

Introduction to path analysis with manifest variables using AMOS (October 2020): video , Powerpoint , SPSS data , .amw file  

(Sept 14, 2020) Confirmatory factor analysis in AMOS using Personality data: video , Powerpoint , SPSS data example 1 , SPSS data example 2 , .amw file  

(August 26, 2019) Testing interactions involving continuous exogenous variables: video, text file (multiple regression), text file (path analysis), .sav file, amw file (regression), amw file (path model), simple estimands (AMOS file; multiple regression), simple estimands (AMOS file, path analysis)

(August, 2019) Moderated mediation based on Hayes' (2018) Process Model 7: video,  Powerpoint, .sav file, text file, .amw file, simple estimands

(new, 2019) Bayesian SEM using AMOS: Video 1 , Powerpoint (video 1), Video 2, Video 3, .sav file (videos 2 and 3), .amw file (video 2), .amw file (video 3)

(new, 2019) Bayesian SEM with categorical variables using AMOS: Powerpoint, Video, .sav file, .amw (example 1), .amw file (example 2), .amw file (example 3)

(new, 2019) Confirmatory factor analysis demo based on French Version of Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale: Link to PLOS ONE article, video, .sav file, .amw files (.amw file 1 , .amw file 2 , .amw file 3 , .amw file 4 )

(new, 2019) CFA on French Version of Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale, correcting for non-normality: Link to PLOS ONE article, video, .sav file, .amw files (.amw file 1 , .amw file 3 )

Regression and path analysis using AMOS: video, .sav file, Excel file, .sav file (matrix data), Excel file (matrix data)

Path analysis with complete data: video, .sav file

Path analysis based on summary matrix data in SPSS (2019, new!): video, .sav file, .amw file

SEM with incomplete data: video, .sav file, referencing fit statistics, .amw file

Using multiple imputation in AMOS to address missing data: video, .sav file, Excel calculator

Bootstrapping using AMOS: video

Assessing multiple mediation in AMOS (testing total and specific indirect effects): video, .sav file

Using Monte Carlo simulation to test indirect effects: video, .sav file

SEM with latent variables Pt. 1 (Confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS): video, .sav file

SEM with latent variables Pt. 2 (Path analysis with latent variables): video, .sav file

SEM MIMIC modeling: video, .sav file (ex1), .sav file (ex2), .amw file (ex1), .amw file (ex2)

Mimic modeling to test for differential item functioning: video, .sav file, .amw file

Testing and probing interaction effects with continuous predictors during path analysis: video, .sav file

Path analysis in AMOS, correcting for measurement unreliability: video, .sav file, .amw file (AMOS)

Specification search with path analysis: video, .sav file, .amw file

Testing measurement invariance using AMOS: video, .sav file (group 1), .sav file (group 2), .amw file

Exploratory factor analysis using specification search (v1): video, .sav file, .amw file

Exploratory factor analysis using specification search (v2): video, .sav file, .amw file

Assessing and managing nonnormality: video, .sav file, .amw file

Multigroup path analysis (v1): video, .sav file (group 1), .sav file (group 2), .amw file

Multigroup path analysis (v2): video, .sav file (group 1), .sav file (group 2), .amw file

Evaluating the fit of a path model: video

Evaluating indirect, direct, and total effects: video, .sav file (see also: video)

Confirmatory factor analysis: video, .sav file

Confirmatory factor analysis - Obtaining factor scores and factor score weights (new, 2019): video, Word document, SPSS data (example 1), SPSS data containing factor scores (example 1), SPSS data (example 2), SPSS data containing factor scores (example 2), .amw file containing CFA model 

Model identification using AMOS examples (new, 2019): video, Powerpoint, SPSS data, regression model, path model

Understanding fixed, free, and constrained parameters (new, 2019): video, Powerpoint, .sav file (containing covariance matrix), .amw file

Fun additional videos, etc. - analysis of real data

(new March, 2019) SEM with 2018 College Football Data:  SPSS data file for examples , Video 1, .amw file (video 1/CFA model), .amw file (video 2/SEM model 1), .amw file (video 2/CFA model 1), .amw file (Video 2/CFA model 2), .amw file (Video 2/SEM model 2)