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Peer reviewedFreedman, D. A. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1987
Presents a review of path analysis techniques using Hope's (1984) comparative study of schooling and social mobility in Scotland and the United States as a case study. Path analysis has been used in the social sciences to untangle complex cause and effect relationships. The limits of path analysis as a way to analyze complex social phenomena are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correlation, Models, Path Analysis
