ABSTRACT
LISREL makes basic distinctions between independent and dependent variables in addition to latent and observed variables. Thus, the latent variables in the structural model are of two kinds: the source latent variables, Ksi, and the downstream latent variables, Eta. The measurement model, which connects the latent to the observed variables, consists of two submodels: the “X-side” and the “Y-side.” The X-side contains the indicators of the source latent variables, the Ksis, and the Y-side contains the indicators of the downstream latent variables, the Etas.
