answer:Did you Google AMOS SEM? There are a variety of sites and lectures that various professors have placed online. Here’s one. There are many others and you could look for one that hits the level you want. The book I have in my office is “Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling,” by Rex B. Kline. I haven’t read it myself, so I can’t say how good or how easy it is. If you are used to regression modeling, then SEM isn’t all that different. It uses Maximum Likelihood algorithms instead of the Least Squares method. It’s purpose is to infer the effect of factors that you can’t measure directly (latent variables). It’s also good at missing variables inference. It has a variety of methods for that. It’s kind of cool because it has a visual way of diagramming your models, which is really useful for visual learners. Of course, I’m kind of putting the cart before the horse. I’d have to know what your research really is all about, just to make sure that SEM is what you need. There are different varieties of SEM—I think both SAS and Stata have modules that let you do SEM. Anyway, if you’re working on your PhD, and you need to use this method, then I wouldn’t try to fake my way through. I’d read the book and learn it for real. And I am not a stats nerd!!!!