1. Consider the powerpoint presentation in this week's lecture on Path Analysis. Please go to the library (electronically
or in real time) and find a sociological article that utilized a path analysis in their data analysis.
2. Describe the 'theoretical' model that this article's path diagram evidences (i.e. what are the variables, their time sequencing and the direct and indirect path to explaining the dependent variable).
3. Carefully examine the path coefficients displayed in the article (remember these are no more than partial correlation coefficients) and determine what is their Coefficient of Determination. Summarize what are the direct and indirect effects of each independent variable.
4. Submit your answers next week.