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IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28

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Draw latent variables and indicators

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Menu: DiagramDraw Indicator Variable

When this button is in the pressed position you can perform either of two operations.

1.You can draw ellipses in the same way that 731 allows you to draw ellipses.

2.By clicking on an already-existing ellipse, you can add an indicator together with a unique variable. Scale constraints, necessary for model identification, will be put in place automatically. For example, clicking on the variable G in the following path diagram.

732

 

yields

 

733

Two more clicks on G give

 

734

See also:

712 Draw paths

703 Draw unique variables

696 Draw unobserved variables

444 Reflect the indicators of a latent variable

438 Rotate the indicators of a latent variable

See also:

To constrain parameters

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