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Introduction to Path Analysis

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About non-recursive (bi-directional) models, cont…<br />

When applying these ideas <strong>to</strong><br />

“sideways arrows” we need <strong>to</strong><br />

remember that the cause comes<br />

before the effect.<br />

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To do that, we have <strong>to</strong> decide (& defend) which comes first – often<br />

the hardest part) and then add in the second causation, etc.… As<br />

well as sort out where the other variables fall temporally &/or<br />

causally. Perhaps …<br />

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