Employing Nominal Variables, Induced Variables, and Block Variables in Path Analyses

David R. Heise
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David R. Heise: Department of Sociology University of North Carolina

Sociological Methods & Research, 1972, vol. 1, issue 2, 147-173

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.

Date: 1972
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