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Direct linkRastegar, Mina – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2006
This article aims at discussing a new statistical trend in research in applied linguistics. This rather new statistical procedure is causal modeling--path analysis. The article demonstrates that causal modeling--path analysis is the best statistical option to use when the effects of a multitude of L2 learners' variables on language achievement are…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Applied Linguistics, Academic Persistence, Path Analysis
