I am in need of help. I am looking for someone who is VERY familiar with the AMOS program. I am trying to run my dissertation data but I'm faced with some obstacles because of my dissertation member. I have considered hiring a statistician but found out that they request between $400-$2,400 to run my data. If someone can spare me approx. 3 hrs to run my stats, I am willing to pay them some money. I'm desperate so please... anyone who is familiar with AMOS, leave me a comment. thank you.:$

Have you discussed this with your supervisor? Surely there is someone at your institution who has used this program? Is it a specific problem or are you not able to use this program at all? I have Barabara Byrne's book on 'Structural Equation Modeling with Amos' along with some theoretical texts. I'm not at all expert though and certainly don't have time to work on someone else's data. I can guarentee though, that the path analysis will take more than 3 hours. It's not a case of just running the data through - you have to run in many times to get the final path and tie up lose ends.

Do you HAVE to use AMOS? There may be people at your institution who can do path analysis by syntax in a different program, like Listrel or MX - AMOS is relatively new and many 'experts' prefer syntax-only alternatives. There is no-one in my dept who does SEM so I have been pretty out on a limb myself. I know that if I was absolutely desperate though I could find someone in another dept and beg for help.