\expandafter\ifx\csname doTocEntry\endcsname\relax \expandafter\endinput\fi \doTocEntry\toclikesection{}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-1000}{QQ2-1-1}{Contents}}{3}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsection{1}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-20001}{QQ2-1-2}{Overview of this and related documents}}{5}\relax \doTocEntry\toclof{1}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-20261}{}{\ignorespaces $\omega _h$ is a reliability estimate of the general factor of a set of variables. It is based upon the correlation of lower order factors. It may be found in \textsf {R}{} by using the {\texttt {omega}} function which is part of the {\textit {psych}} package. The figure shows a solution for the {\texttt {Thurstone}} 9 variable data set.}}{figure}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsection{2}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-30002}{QQ2-1-4}{Install R and relevant packages}}{9}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsection{2.1}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-40002.1}{QQ2-1-5}{Install R for the first time}}{9}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsubsection{2.1.1}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-50002.1.1}{QQ2-1-6}{Install R }}{10}\relax \doTocEntry\toclof{2}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-50012}{}{\ignorespaces The basic CRAN window allows you choose your operating system. Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) is found at \url {http://cran.r-project.org}:}}{figure}\relax \doTocEntry\toclof{3}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-50023}{}{\ignorespaces On a PC you want to choose the base system}}{figure}\relax \doTocEntry\toclof{4}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-50034}{}{\ignorespaces Download the Windows version}}{figure}\relax \doTocEntry\toclof{5}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-50045}{}{\ignorespaces For the Mac, you want to choose the latest version which includes the GUI as well as the 32 and 64 bit versions.}}{figure}\relax \doTocEntry\toclof{6}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-50056}{}{\ignorespaces The startup screen on a PC}}{figure}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsubsection{2.1.2}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-60002.1.2}{QQ2-1-12}{Install relevant packages}}{26}\relax \doTocEntry\tocparagraph{}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-70002.1.2}{QQ2-1-13}{Install the minimum set}}{26}\relax \doTocEntry\tocparagraph{}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-80002.1.2}{QQ2-1-14}{Install the {\textit {sem}} package as well}}{26}\relax \doTocEntry\tocparagraph{}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-90002.1.2}{QQ2-1-15}{Install all the psychometric packages from the ``psychometrics'' task view.}}{27}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsection{3}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-100003}{QQ2-1-16}{Read in the data}}{27}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsection{3.1}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-110003.1}{QQ2-1-17}{Copy the data from another program using the copy and paste commands of your operating system}}{28}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsection{3.2}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-120003.2}{QQ2-1-18}{Import from an SPSS or SAS file}}{29}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsection{4}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-130004}{QQ2-1-19}{Some simple descriptive statistics before you start}}{31}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsection{5}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-140005}{QQ2-1-20}{Using the {\texttt {omega}} function to find $\omega $}}{31}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsection{5.1}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-150005.1}{QQ2-1-21}{Background on the $\omega $ statistics}}{32}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsection{5.2}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-160005.2}{QQ2-1-22}{Using the {\texttt {omega}} function}}{35}\relax \doTocEntry\tocsubsection{5.3}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-170005.3}{QQ2-1-23}{Estimating $\omega _h$ using Confirmatory Factor Analysis}}{35}\relax \doTocEntry\toclikesection{}{\csname a:TocLink\endcsname{1}{x1-180005.3}{QQ2-1-24}{References}}{37}\relax \par