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What is the relationship between path analysis and multiple regression?
What is the relationship between path analysis and multiple regression?
- Path analysis is a subset of multiple regression
- Path analysis and multiple regression are mutually exclusive
- Multiple regression is a special case of path analysis (correct)
- Path analysis is a superset of multiple regression
Which of the following best describes path analysis?
Which of the following best describes path analysis?
- A method to discern and assess the effects of a single variable acting on multiple outcomes via a single causal pathway
- A method to discern and assess the effects of a set of variables acting on multiple outcomes via multiple causal pathways
- A method to discern and assess the effects of a set of variables acting on a specified outcome via multiple causal pathways (correct)
- A method to discern and assess the effects of a single variable acting on a specified outcome via a single causal pathway
What kind of system is path analysis based on?
What kind of system is path analysis based on?
- An open system of nested relationships among variables
- An open system of non-nested relationships among variables
- A closed system of non-nested relationships among variables
- A closed system of nested relationships among variables (correct)
