Re: [R] Structural equation modelling in R compared with Amos

2011-10-20 Thread Joshua Wiley
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 s

Re: [R] Structural equation modelling in R compared with Amos

2011-10-20 Thread Dénes TÓTH
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),

Re: [R] Structural equation modelling in R compared with Amos

2011-10-20 Thread Joshua Wiley
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 aga

[R] Structural equation modelling in R compared with Amos

2011-10-20 Thread Ravi Kulkarni
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 mail