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Path Analysis

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.

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Path Analysis
Taxonomic method record · latent-structure / statistics
  • Wright, S. (1921). Correlation and causation. Journal of Agricultural Research, 20(7), 557–585. · URL
  • Kline, R. B. (2023). Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling (5th ed.). Guilford Press. · ISBN 978-1462551910
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