SOCIAL STATISTICS
Managing Data, Conducting Analyses, Presenting Results Fifth Edition
In a path model, an effect that goes from an independent variable directly to a dependent variable
Direct effect
In a path model, a variable that has arrows going toward it
Endogenous variable
In a path model, a variable that has no arrows going toward it
Exogenous variable
In a path model, an effect that goes from an independent variable to a dependent variable, but makes it way there through another independent variable
Indirect effect
A regression technique used to visually and numerically represent the relationships among variables, both direct and indirect
Path analysis