The formidable computational techniques for structural equation models require matrix based operations and computer solutions. A method of testing the goodness of fit of such structures involves the discrepancies between original correlations among variables and the correlations estimated by use of the solved path coefficients. A BASIC computer program is presented which provides a solution to the matrix algebraic algorithm provided by Heise (1969) for estimating correlations from solved path coefficients. Example input and output of the program are presented and discussed.
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