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A User's Guide to Path Analysis
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Written for graduate level students in advanced statistics, this handbook offers a comprehensive and practical overview of path analysis. A User's Guide to Path Analysis contains:
• Definition and graphical illustrations of basic terms and concepts
• Illustration of causal diagrams with emphasis on variable positioning, path symbols, error terms, missing arrows, and feedback loops
• In-depth discussion of assumptions underlying path analysis
•Discussion of causal model estimation with illustrations
•Practical research questions for interpreting a path model
•Instructions on how to read a path diagram, and how to use the SPSS computer program and interpret the results
•Suggestions for what to include when writing up or interpreting findings
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4 1. Introduction
Chapter 5 2. Definition of Basic Terms and Concepts
Chapter 6 3. Constructing Causal Diagrams
Chapter 7 4. Assumptions
Chapter 8 5. Causal Model Estimation
Chapter 9 6. Types of Research Questions in Path Model
Chapter 10 7. Useful Information in Applying Path Analysis
Chapter 11 References
Product details
| Published | Jul 28 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 168 |
| ISBN | 9780761832317 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Dimensions | 9 x 7 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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