LISREL by Scientific Software International
What is it? LISREL analyzes Structural Equations Models (SEM). Variations of these models include confirmatory factor analysis, analysis of covariance structures, path analysis, or causal modeling. LISREL is viewed by many as the most powerful and most difficult to learn of the SEM packages we have available. Click here to view the types of machine learning algorithms supported by this software.
What can the license be used for? Enrolled students, faculty, and staff are permitted to use LISREL for university-related instruction and noncommercial academic research purposes.
Students, faculty, and staff are not permitted to use LISREL for commercial research or administrative purposes. Use that benefits outside organizations requires the purchase of a commercial license.
Where can I run it? For UTK, LISREL is available on Apps@UT and the computers in the OIT public computer labs. There is a two-simultaneous-user limit for LISREL.
How can I learn it? The user and reference guides are available in the software’s Help Menu.
Where can I get support? OIT offers Minimal Support to University of Tennessee, Knoxville-area students, faculty, and staff for this software. Scientific Software international suggests various discussion networks for assistance.
License Use Definitions:
- Instruction: teaching and learning activities
- Noncommercial research: academic research; thesis or dissertation work; results are published
- Commercial research:
involves external deliverables; a trade secret of the sponsor; results are not published - Administrative:
non-research, non-instruction uses related to the function of one’s university job (ex. generating departmental reports)
Updated: 7/2/2025