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Wolfle, Lee M. – 1980
An extension of the methods of path analysis to include studies of categorical data was described and exemplified in a causal study of college dropouts. The usual models and methods of causal (path) analysis were designed for the study of quantitative variables and are not appropriate when the variables under investigation are categorical.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Data, Data Analysis, Dropouts
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1973
This conference was held to review the base year activities of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) and the First Followup Study. Planning also took place for the design of the Second Followup Study and the Cohort Study of the High School Class of 1977. The participants included invited consultants and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts