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Peer reviewedMoline, Arlett E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1988
Path analysis and linear structural relations (LISREL) provide the institutional researcher with some extremely powerful statistical tools. However, they must be applied and interpreted carefully with a full understanding of their limitations and the statistical assumptions on which they are based. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Models
Download full textWolfle, Lee M. – 1982
Direct and indirect effects in decomposed zero-order correlations among variables in causal models are considered. Under certain circumstances, the components of the decompositions could be interpreted as direct, indirect, and spurious causal effects, plus a component called joint associations. The sum of the direct and indirect effects is the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical Formulas, Mathematical Models
