@article{ref1,
title="Strategies of path analysis",
journal="American educational research journal",
year="1980",
author="Wolfle, Lee M.",
volume="17",
number="2",
pages="183-209",
abstract="Path analysis is a method for explicitly formulating theory, and attaching quantitative estimates to causal effects thought to exist on a priori grounds. There are four basic kinds of path models: recursive, block, block-recursive, and nonrecursive. Because some questions can be answered only under certain path analytic structures, the theoretical questions and research goals guide the selection of a particular model. Knowing what sorts of questions each model addresses, educational researchers will be in a better position to formulate hypotheses in model-specific terms. Four illustrations are provided, presenting strategies of analysis typical of each kind of model.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-8312",
doi="10.3102/00028312017002183",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/00028312017002183"
}