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	শক্তিশালী মডেল পরীক্ষা গবেষণা	পাথ অ্যানালাইসিস (Path Analysis)
ক্ষেত্র	গবেষণা নকশা	পরিসংখ্যান
পরিবার	Process / pipeline	Latent structure
উদ্ভবের বছর	1988–1998	1921
প্রবর্তক	Albert Satorra & Peter M. Bentler; Ke-Hai Yuan	Sewall Wright
ধরন	Quantitative model-testing research design with robust estimation	Causal / mediation model
মৌলিক উৎস	Satorra, A., & Bentler, P. M. (1994). Corrections to test statistics and standard errors in covariance structure analysis. In A. von Eye & C. C. Clogg (Eds.), Latent variables analysis: Applications for developmental research (pp. 399–419). Sage.	Wright, S. (1921). Correlation and causation. Journal of Agricultural Research, 20(7), 557–585.
অপর নাম	robust SEM, robust structural model testing, robust fit evaluation, robust model evaluation research	PA, path coefficient analysis, observed-variable SEM, causal path modeling
সম্পর্কিত	6	5
সারসংক্ষেপ	Robust model testing research applies structural or path models to data while explicitly accounting for violations of multivariate normality and other distributional assumptions. Rather than discarding non-normal data or forcing transformations, it uses corrected estimators — most notably the Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-square and Yuan-Bentler robust standard errors — to produce trustworthy fit indices and parameter estimates even when classical maximum likelihood assumptions are breached.	Path analysis tests a researcher-specified causal diagram among observed variables by decomposing their intercorrelations into direct effects, indirect (mediated) effects, and spurious associations. Developed by Sewall Wright in 1921, it is the observed-variable special case of structural equation modeling and remains a standard tool for theory-driven multivariate causal inference.