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
LISREL is mainly syntax-based, although recent versions have featured a graphical user interface (GUI).
In early 2020, SSI was acquired by the Vector Psychometric Group, a US-based software and consulting company.[3]
See also
- Confirmatory factor analysis
- Multivariate analysis
- Path analysis (statistics)
- Structural equation modeling
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ “LISREL 8.3”. Yale University Center for Science and Social Science Information. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ “Welcome to SSI Live”. Scientific Software International. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
Further reading
- Byrne, Barbara M. (1989). A Primer of LISREL: Basic Applications and Programming for Confirmatory Factor Analytic Models. New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-96972-1.
- Kelderman, Henk (1987). “LISREL models for inequality constraints in factor and regression analysis”. In Cuttance, Peter; Ecob, Russell (eds.). Structural Modelling by Example. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 221–240. ISBN 0-521-26195-3.
- Sörbom, Dag (2001). “Karl Jöreskog and LISREL: A Personal Story”. Structural Equation Modeling: Present and Future: A Festschrift in Honor of Karl Jöreskog. Scientific Software International. pp. 3–10. ISBN 0-89498-049-1.
- von Eye, Alexander; Fuller, Bret E. (2003). “A comparison of the SEM software packages Amos, EQS, and LISREL”. Structural Equation Modelling : Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 355–391. ISBN 0-521-78133-7.