Lavaan is a nice package too, thanks for mentioning it. Given sufficient understanding of matrices, I think OpenMx is arguably as or more powerful than Mplus---it runs circles around Mplus in terms of flexibility, although Mplus does what it does well, with (IMO) fairly sensible defaults, and simpler syntax.
On Oct 20, 2011, at 7:40, "Dénes TÓTH" <tde...@cogpsyphy.hu> wrote: > > Dear Ravi, > > I would also suggest you to have a look at 'lavaan' (www.lavaan.org). It > has an extremely straightforward yet flexible model syntax and very good > documentation. Although its statistical capabilities are not comparable to > those of Mplus (which is the most powerful SEM-software I think), it is > getting more and more closer to it. > Personally I prefer lavaan over OpenMX, but it is also a matter of taste. > > HTH, > Denes > > > >> Hi Ravi, >> >> Look at openmx, it uses R to do matrix optimization especially for SEM >> (though more general too). It does not have the draw paths interactively >> feature, but it is extremely powerful and flexible. I have used Amos, >> EQS, Mplus, Lisrel, and OpenMx and I believe OpenMx is competitive against >> any of those if you know what you are doing. I have found Amos to be >> particularly limited in its ability to handle complex models. If you are >> looking for a simpler interface to SEM in R for some basic models, he k >> out the SEM package by John Fox. >> >> HTH, >> >> Josh >> >> On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:56, Ravi Kulkarni <ravi.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone give me links to reviews/comparisons of R with Amos for SEM? >>> I >>> have found some but they are a little old (2009). >>> >>> Ravi >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Structural-equation-modelling-in-R-compared-with-Amos-tp3921654p3921654.html >>> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
