This appendix contains information on the input for the LISREL program for selected models from Chapters 3 to 8. We assume a reasonable familiarity with the LISREL manual for version V or later. A basic grounding in the relationship between the path diagrams, model equations, matrix formulation of the model, and the LISREL program input is provided in W. E. Saris and L. H. Stronkhorst, Introduction to Causal Modeling in Non Experimental Research (Amsterdam: Sociometric Research Foundation 1984). Other introductions are referenced in the first and last chapters of this volume. The formulations of the models provided below are for the LISREL variation of the statistical model underlying structural modeling, and formulations in terms of other structural modeling programs such as EQS and COS AN will vary somewhat, since their parametrization of the model is different from that employed by LISREL.

For standardization purposes we employ the default representations of LISREL matrices that were established in version V of the LISREL program. These defaults are generally upwardly compatible with later versions of the program.

We indicate below the default values of the matrices. Items that may be omitted from the program input are determined by two criteria: Either they are defaults (indicated in bold), or they are not required to describe the parametrization of the model under study. The notational brackets ≪ ≫ indicate these items. Any or all of the items within these brackets may be omitted without causing a program error; for example, any single item or the whole group of items denoted as ≪LX = FU, FI LY = FU, FI PH = SY, FR≫ may be omitted.