Abstract
In a variety of problems, it is desirable to have a single coefficient summarize the causal effects of a set of variables when other variables are controlled. The "sheaf coefficient" presented here does this and can be employed meaningfully in the context of path analysis models.
Keywords
Path coefficientContext (archaeology)MathematicsPath analysis (statistics)VariablesPath (computing)Variety (cybernetics)EconometricsStatisticsSet (abstract data type)Block (permutation group theory)Variable (mathematics)Computer scienceCombinatorics
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- 1972
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- 1
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- 2
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- 147-173
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David R. Heise
(1972).
Employing Nominal Variables, Induced Variables, and Block Variables in Path Analyses.
Sociological Methods & Research
, 1
(2)
, 147-173.
https://doi.org/10.1177/004912417200100201
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- 10.1177/004912417200100201