I am doing my thesis with a total of 206 samples. I am a bit confused about what software should I use to analyse the data; either SPSS / SEM? And why should I use that?
My lecturer suggests using SEM. If SEM, which one is better to use?
AMOS is an add-on package for SPSS that will run Structural Equation Models (SEM), but if you have not heard of Structural Equation Models, I suspect that this kind of analysis could easily be too complex for you.
Also, SPSS can do much more that run descriptive statistics and basic correlations, although that would be a good starting point.
SEM is not a statistical package is a methodology. SPSS is a statistical package which has an addon for evaluating factor models using confirmatory factor analysis. What you would consider doing with SPSS alone is to provide descriptives and some basic bivariate corelations for the items you wish to analyse.
AMOS is an add-on package for SPSS that will run Structural Equation Models (SEM), but if you have not heard of Structural Equation Models, I suspect that this kind of analysis could easily be too complex for you.
Also, SPSS can do much more that run descriptive statistics and basic correlations, although that would be a good starting point.
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