Third Edition Online Resources

General

• Author web site
• SEMNET electronic mail network
• Ballad of the causal modeler (Rogosa, 1988)
• Estimating curvilinear effects of latent variables (Chapter 12 supplemental reading)

Reviews of background concepts

• Bivariate correlation
• Partial correlation and part (semi-partial) correlation
• Multiple regression
• Exploratory factor analysis

SEM computer tools

• Amos
• Amos 5 student version
• Amos 5 student version training video

• CALIS and TCALIS procedures of SAS/STAT
• EQS

• LISREL
• LISREL student version
• LISREL 15-day trial

• Mplus
• Mplus demo version
• Mplus Language Addendum

• Mx and Mx Graph
• Mx scripts for genetics research
• OpenMx open source software for use with R

• RAMONA procedure of SYSTAT
• SYSTAT 30-day trial
• SEPATH procedure of STATISTICA
• STATISTICA 30-day trial

Other computer tools with SEM capabilities

• MATLAB
• MATLAB 15-day trial
• MATLAB student version
• R Project
• John Fox's R package for SEM
• Yves Rosseel's R package for SEM

Bootstrapping computer tools

• SimStat
• Resampling Stats for Excel
• Resampling.exe

Partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) computer tools

• PLS-Graph
• SmartPLS
• Visual-PLS

Web calculating pages

• Multiple regression calculator
• Matrix calculator (determinant, eigenvalues, matrix inverse)
• Test statistic probability calculator (z, chi square, F)
• Sobel test calculator
• Tools for calculating simple intercepts, simple slopes, and regions of significance

MacCallum-Browne-Sugawara power analysis

• SAS/STAT scripts for SEM power analysis
• R code generator for SEM power analysis

Scripts (macros) or templates

• SAS/STAT scripts for Box-Cox transformations
• SAS/STAT scripts for creating 3-D spin plots (interaction analysis)
• Excel templates for Ping's method (latent variable interactions or quadratic effects)

Other resources for SEM

• David Kenny's SEM pages
• Ed Rigdon's SEM page
• SEM FAQs
• Nonpositive definite matrices in SEM
• G. David Garson's SEM page