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LISREL

LISREL is a proprietary statistical software package used in structural equation modeling (SEM) for manifest and latent variables.

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LISREL (linear structural relations) is a proprietary statistical software package used in structural equation modeling (SEM) for manifest and latent variables.

History

LISREL was developed in the 1970s by Karl Jöreskog, then a scientist at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey,1 and Dag Sörbom, later both professors of Uppsala University in Sweden.2

Command language, graphical user interface and delivery

LISREL is mainly syntax-based, although recent versions have featured a graphical user interface (GUI).

SSI (Scientific Software International) has recently changed from e-Academy to a "home-built" solution for distributing the rental (6- or 12-month) versions of their software.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Joreskog, K. G.; Van Thillo, M. (1972). "LISREL: A General Computer Program for Estimating a Linear Structural Equation System Involving Multiple Indicators of Unmeasured Variables (RB-72-56)". Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  2. "LISREL 8.3". Yale University Center for Science and Social Science Information. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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