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== Software ==
Structural equation modeling programs differ widely in their capabilities and user requirements.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Narayanan |first=A. |date=2012-05-01 |title=A Review of Eight Software Packages for Structural Equation Modeling |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2012.708641 |journal=The American Statistician |volume=66 |issue=2 |pages=129–138 |doi=10.1080/00031305.2012.708641 |s2cid=59460771 |issn=0003-1305}}</ref>. Below is a list of available software.
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! Name !! License !! Platform !! Add-on Package for || Link !! Covariance-Based !! Variance-Based
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| [[Mplus]] || Commercial || Windows, Mac, Linux || Standalone || [https://www.statmodel.com/ statmodel.com]
|✓
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| AMOS || Commercial || Windows || Standalone || [http://www.ibm.com/software/products/de/spss-amos ibm.com]
|✓
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| [[lavaan]] || Open Source || Windows, Mac, Linux || Add-on for [[R (programming language)|R]]|| [https://lavaan.org/ lavaan.org]
|✓
|
|-
|lavaangui
|Open Source
|Windows, Mac, Linux
|Add-on for [[R (programming language)|R]] and Standalone
|[https://lavaangui.org lavaangui.org]
|✓ (uses lavaan)
|
|-
| [[LISREL]] || Commercial || Windows || Standalone || [http://www.ssicentral.com/lisrel/ ssicentral.com]
|✓
|
|-
| EQS || Commercial || Windows, Mac, Linux || Standalone || [http://www.mvsoft.com/eqs60.htm mvsoft.com]
|✓
|
|-
| [[Stata]] || Commercial || Windows, Mac, Linux || Standalone || [http://www.stata.com/stata12/structural-equation-modeling/ stata.com]
|✓
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|-
| [[SAS Institute|SAS]] || Commercial || Windows, Mac, Linux || Standalone || [http://www.sas.com/de_at/home.html sas.com]
|✓
|
|-
|[[OpenMX|semopy]]
|Open Source
|Windows, Mac, Linux
|Add-on for [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
|[https://semopy.com/index.html semopy.com]
|✓
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|-
|sem
|Open Source
|Windows, Mac, Linux
|Add-on for [[R (programming language)|R]]
|[https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sem/index.html cran.r-project.org]
|✓
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|-
| [[OpenMX]] || Open Source || Windows, Mac, Linux || Add-on for [[R (programming language)|R]]|| [https://openmx.ssri.psu.edu/ openmx.ssri.psu.edu]
|✓
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|-
| [[Ωnyx]] || Open Source || Windows, Mac, Linux || Standalone || [http://onyx.brandmaier.de/ onyx.brandmaier.de]
|✓
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|-
| [[SmartPLS 4]] || Commercial || Windows, Mac || Standalone || [https://www.smartpls.com/ smartpls.com]
|✓
|✓
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| [[PLSGraph]] || Commercial || Windows || Standalone || [http://www.plsgraph.com/ plsgraph.com]
|
|✓
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| [[WarpPLS]] || Commercial || Windows || Standalone || [http://warppls.com/ warppls.com]
|
|✓
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| [[ADANCO]] || Commercial || Windows, Mac || Standalone || [http://www.composite-modeling.com/ composite-modeling.com]
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|✓
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| [[LVPLS]] || Freeware || MS-DOS || Standalone || [http://www2.kuas.edu.tw/prof/fred/vpls/aboutPLSPC.htm www2.kuas.edu.tw]
|
|✓
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| [[matrixpls]] || Open Source || Windows, Mac, Linux || Add-on for [[R (programming language)|R]]|| [https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/matrixpls/ cran.r-project.org]
|
|✓
|-
|[[SEMinR]]
|Open Source
|Windows, Mac, Linux
|Add-on for [[R (programming language)|R]]
|https://github.com/sem-in-r/seminr
|✓ (uses lavaan)
|✓
|}
== See also ==
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