Path Analysis and Ordinal Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2207256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard P Boyle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4, Part 1 |
| Pages | 461-480 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/224870 |
| OpenAlex | W1996374423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 125 |
| References cited | 8 |
While path analysis has great advantages for bridging the gap between sociological theory and statistical analysis, a major obstacle is the requirement that interval scales be assumed for the data. This problem is attacked, first by investigating what theoretically can go wrong when interval scales are assumed, second by presenting a technique (the use of dummy variables) for checking on the results of assuming equal intervals, and finally by applying this technique to one set of empirical data. The conclusion is that the empirical dangers of assuming equal intervals are not great. In addition to checking on this, the dummy-variable technique can otentially lead to improvements in sociological measurement
Bridging (networking) · Combinatorics · Econometrics · Interval (graph theory) · Level of measurement · Mathematical analysis · Obstacle · Ordinal data · Ordinal Scale · Path (computing) · Statistics · Variable (mathematics) · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Constituent Orientation among Malaysian State Legislators
The Use of Statistics in Sociocultural Anthropology
Robustness in Regression Analysis
Alternative Approaches to Analysis-of-Variance Tables
Techniques for Using Ordinal Measures in Regression and Path Analysis
A theoretical analysis of antecedents of young couples’ fertility decisions and outcomes
Attitudes as Predictors of Behavior Versus Behavior Intentions
Law, Order and Sentencing
Statistical Assumptions and Social Reality
Social Class and Occupational Prestige in India
Citizens' Encounters with Welfare State Bureaucracies
The Social and Legal Construction of Criminal Justice
Orthodoxy and Attitudes of Clergymen Towards Homosexuality and Abortion
Organized Religion as Opiate or Prophetic Stimulant
Placement of Men and Women in the Ministry
An introduction to the logic, assumptions, and basic analytic procedures of two-stage least squares
Social Status and Sentences of Female Offenders
Housing Norms, Housing Satisfaction and the Propensity to Move
A Role Model of the Transition to Parenthood
Family Conflict and Children's Self-Concepts
A Note from Ghana on Chains of Change in Family Systems and Family Size
Parent-Child Interaction and Changing Family Values
Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone
Demographic Variations in Attitudes towards Marital Rape Immunity
The Utilization of Physicians' Services in Los Angeles County, 1973
Primary-Care Physicians' Affective Orientation toward Their Patients
Pathways to Medicine Use
Family Socio-Cultural Background and the Behavioral Retardation of Children
Independent Jamaica Faces the Outside World
The Structure and Determinants of Occupational Militancy among Public School Teachers
Cultural Pluralism, Modernization, and Conflict
Authority and Controversial Policy
Equality, Success, and Social Justice in England and the United States
Role Commitment Processes and the American Catholic Priesthood
Do Christian Beliefs Cause Anti-Semitism
Multivariate Analysis and Ordinal Data
Comparative Analysis of African Nations
Playing the Dozens with Path Analysis
"Legitimate Control and "Organizational Transcendence
Social Psychology - A Functional Approach to Recreation
Sex on TV and adolescent sexual self‐image
Priority Position of Communication in the African Development Process
Quebec Separatism
Public opinion and the legalization of abortion
Socialization into the role of sport consumer
Community characteristics and out‐migration from Canadian Indian reserves
Socioeconomic Status and the Early Diffusion of Personal Computing in the United States
Class and Conformity
Playing the Dozens with Path Analysis
Educational Decision Makers
Innovation in Organizations
A Causal Model of Belief-Orthodoxy
A Neo-Marxian Critique, Formulation and Test of Juvenile Dispositions as a Function of Social Class
Rural Self-Help in Kenya
My trust in strangers has disappeared completely
Multivariate Analysis of Ordinal Variables
Health and Status Attainment
Religious Orthodoxy and Minority Prejudice
Social Structure and Individual Political Participation in Five Countries
A Structuralist Critique of the IQ-Delinquency Hypothesis
School Ethnic Composition, Social Contexts, and Educational Plans of Mexican-American and Anglo High School Students
On the Interpretation of Class Consciousness
Residential Satisfaction
Athletic Personnel in the Academic Marketplace
Blau's Theory of Occupational Differentiation
A structural approach to the individual‐environment interface
Time utilization‐An element to understanding behavior
Preachers in Politics
University and Work Organization Influences on Professional Role Orientation
Pornography
Symbolic Justice
Racial Differences in Perceptions of Affluence
Effects of social status and status inconsistency on morbidity for the poor and nonpoor
Recreational expectations
Perceived barriers to sex education
An Examination of the Life Satisfaction and Importance of Leisure in the Lives of Older Female Retirees
The Relative Contribution of Leisure Activities and Other Factors to the Mental Health of Older Women
Environmental risk factors in outpatient recovery from malnutrition
Life satisfaction determinants of older males and females
Organizational Conflict in Public Bureaus
Charismatic Heads of State
Expected Family Size and Perceived Status Deprivation among High School Senior Women
Conventional and Optimal Interval Scores for Ordinal Variables
On Dummy Variable Regression Analysis
Employing Nominal Variables, Induced Variables, and Block Variables in Path Analyses
Some important variables related to conservation knowledge and interest
The implementation of formal procedures in juvenile court processing of status offenders
The Formation of Educational Goals
Residential Mobility, Vacancy Chains and Perceived Benefits Arising From New Detached Housing in Quito, Ecuador
Gender Differences in Work Satisfaction, Work-Related Rewards and Values, and the Determinants of Work Satisfaction
The Social Ecology of Urban Homicide
Women, Crime, and Dependency an Application of the Theory of Law
Part-Whole Correlations and the Treatment of Ordinal and Quasi-Interval Data as Interval Data
Female Prisoners and the Inmate Code
"Adaptive Innovation" and Organizational Security
Subculture of Violence
The Scaling of Gaming
Network analysis as a method for the evaluation of service delivery systems
Love, sex, permissiveness, and abortion
On the stability of stigmatization
| Unique citing works | 125 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,23 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2024 (55) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 89 |