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Direct linkYoung, Cristobal – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
The commenter's proposal may be a reasonable method for addressing uncertainty in predictive modeling, where the goal is to predict "y." In a treatment effects framework, where the goal is causal inference by conditioning-on-observables, the commenter's proposal is deeply flawed. The proposal (1) ignores the definition of…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Ambiguity (Context)
Howell, Roy D.; Breivik, Einar – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2016
In this article, Roy Howell, and Einar Breivik, congratulate Aguirre-Urreta, M. I., Rönkkö, M., & Marakas, G. M., for their work (2016) "Omission of Causal Indicators: Consequences and Implications for Measurement," Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 14(3), 75-97. doi:10.1080/15366367.2016.1205935. They call it…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Measurement, Predictor Variables
Howell, Roy D. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2014
Building on the work of Bollen (2007) and Bollen & Bauldry (2011), Bainter and Bollen (this issue) clarifies several points of confusion in the literature regarding causal indicator models. This author would certainly agree that the effect indicator (reflective) measurement model is inappropriate for some indicators (such as the social…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Measurement, Causal Models, Data Interpretation
Widaman, Keith F. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2014
Latent variable structural equation modeling has become the analytic method of choice in many domains of research in psychology and allied social sciences. One important aspect of a latent variable model concerns the relations hypothesized to hold between latent variables and their indicators. The most common specification of structural equation…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Predictor Variables, Educational Research, Causal Models
Leviton, Laura C.; Lipsey, Mark W. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2007
"Theory as Method: Small Theories of Treatments," by Mark W. Lipsey, is one of the most influential and highly cited articles to appear in "New Directions for Evaluation." It articulated an approach in which methods for studying causation depend, in large part, on what is known about the theory underlying the program. Lipsey discussed the benefits…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Research Design, Program Effectiveness, Causal Models
Peer reviewedMaris, Ronald W. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1991
To predict suicide, explicit causal models of suicide outcome are needed in which predictors are temporally ordered and then tested statistically. Because suicide is a dichotomous, nominal scale outcome, only certain statistics for prediction are appropriate. Logistic regression, which utilizes the likelihood ratio test of statistical inference,…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Research Design
