PATH ANALYSIS - SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMPLES
PATH ANALYSIS - SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMPLES
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DOI：
10.1086/224256
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发表时间：
1966-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
DUNCAN, OD
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作者：
DUNCAN, OD
线性因果模型可以方便地用Sewall Wright提出的通径系数法来建立。通径分析有助于明确传统回归计算的基本原理。它也可能在社会学问题中有特殊的用处，涉及因变量的分解或测量一个队列的连续经验的问题。路径分析侧重于解释问题，并不打算成为发现原因的方法。然而，它可能是非常宝贵的，使解释明确，自洽，并容易被拒绝的后续研究。
Linear causal models are conveniently developed by the method of path coefficients proposed by Sewall Wright. Path analysis is useful in making explicit the rationale of conventional regression calculations. It may also have special usefulness in sociology problems involving the decomposition of a dependent variable or those in which successive experiences of a cohort are measured. Path analysis focuses on the problem of interpretation and does not purpot to be a method for discovering causes. It may, nevertheless, be invaluable in rendering interpretations explicit, self-consistent, and susceptible to rejection by subsequent research.