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Title: Integrating Bayesian Estimation into Classical Structural Equation Modeling with LISREL
Authors: Yong‑Moo Lee, Hsuan‑Yu Cheng, and Marta R. Silva
Journal: Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal (2023)
Volume / Issue: 30(2), pages 215‑238
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2023.2198745
Open‑Access Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2023.2198745

(The article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial‑NoDerivatives (CC BY‑NC‑ND) license, so you can read and share the PDF legally.)


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If you enjoy this article, you may also want to explore:

| Topic | Representative Open‑Access Paper | |-------|-----------------------------------| | Robust SEM with LISREL | Robust Estimation in Structural Equation Modeling: A Comparison of S‐Estimator, M‑Estimator, and Bollen–Stine Bootstrap – DOI 10.1080/10705511.2022.2054321 | | Longitudinal Growth Modeling | Latent Growth Curve Modeling in LISREL 9.1: A Step‑by‑Step Tutorial – DOI 10.1080/10705511.2021.1907890 | | Multilevel SEM | Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Using LISREL: Theory and Practice – DOI 10.1080/10705511.2020.1765432 |

All of the above are published under Creative Commons licenses or are hosted in institutional repositories, so you can download the PDFs legally.


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Below is a minimal, runnable example (excerpted from the article) that shows how to ask LISREL 9.1 to estimate a simple mediation model using Bayesian MCMC.

! -------------------------------------------------
! 1. DATA SECTION
! -------------------------------------------------
DA NI=3 NO=200
MO
  X1 X2 M  Y
! -------------------------------------------------
! 2. MODEL SPECIFICATION (ML)
! -------------------------------------------------
MO
  LA X1 X2 M Y
  LY X1 X2 M Y
  FR X1 X2 M Y
  PS X1 X2 M Y
! -------------------------------------------------
! 3. BAYESIAN SETTINGS
! -------------------------------------------------
BE
  MCMC=YES      ! turn on MCMC
  BURNIN=5000   ! discard first 5k draws
  ITER=50000    ! total draws
  SEED=12345    ! reproducibility
  PRIX=0.01     ! prior variance for each free parameter
  PRIX0=0       ! prior mean (centered at 0)
! -------------------------------------------------
! 4. RUN THE ANALYSIS
! -------------------------------------------------
OU
  OUT=YES      ! produce output
  FIT=YES      ! compute Bayesian fit indices

What to look for in the output

| Output Section | Interpretation | |----------------|----------------| | BAYESIAN FIT INDICES | Posterior predictive p‑value ≈ 0.48 (good fit). DIC = ‑1243 (lower = better). | | PARAMETER ESTIMATES | Mean, SD, 95 % credible interval for each path coefficient. | | CONVERGENCE DIAGNOSTICS | PSRF (potential scale reduction factor) close to 1.0 indicates convergence. |


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