LISREL Spring workshop

Structural Equation Modeling with LISREL: A First Course

Dates: May 20, 21, & 22, 2008 (Chicago)
Instructors: Ralph O. Mueller and Gregory Hancock

This first course serves as an introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM) and, thus, is primarily intended for new users of LISREL. Building on participants' familiarity with multiple linear regression, the presenters will establish the purpose, language, and flexibility of SEM and the LISREL software. Measured variable path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (and related topics such as construct validity/reliability), and latent variable path analysis will be sequentially introduced. The workshop will also include discussions on multi-group analyses and practical guidelines on how to present SEM results in substantive manuscripts. Throughout, participants will become familiar with the SIMPLIS command language of the LISREL software through annotated examples and hands-on exercises.

Each participant will receive the latest LISREL for Windows student CD, presentation handouts, and other relevant documentation, including the book "LISREL 8: Structural Equation Modeling with the SIMPLIS Command Language" (published by SSI; see the SSI book list). Participants are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop computer to complete the hands-on exercises. The only prerequisite for participation is a working knowledge of multiple linear regression and an interest to explore SEM with LISREL as a multi-faceted, flexible tool for the testing of a priori theories hypothesized to underlie correlational data

LISREL workshop - Spring session schedule