Strategies of Path Analysis

Path analysis is a method for explicitly formulating theory, and attaching quantitative estimates to causal effects thought to exist on a priori grounds. There are four basic kinds of path models: recursive, block, block-recursive, and nonrecursive. Because some questions can be answered only under...

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Published in:American educational research journal 1980-03, Vol.17 (2), p.183-209
Main Author: Wolfle, Lee M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult education
Coefficients
Correlation coefficients
Critical path
Education
Educational attainment
Educational research
Encouragement
Intelligence
Intelligence quotient
Modeling
Voting
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Summary:Path analysis is a method for explicitly formulating theory, and attaching quantitative estimates to causal effects thought to exist on a priori grounds. There are four basic kinds of path models: recursive, block, block-recursive, and nonrecursive. Because some questions can be answered only under certain path analytic structures, the theoretical questions and research goals guide the selection of a particular model. Knowing what sorts of questions each model addresses, educational researchers will be in a better position to formulate hypotheses in model-specific terms. Four illustrations are provided, presenting strategies of analysis typical of each kind of model.
ISSN:0002-8312
1935-1011
DOI:10.3102/00028312017002183