Application of Path Analysis in Agricultural Research
Subrat K. Mahapatra*
College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 003), India
Abhiram Dash
College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 003), India
Jayashankar Pradhan
IRRI-OUAT Collaborative Research Project,OUAT,Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 003), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Multiple regression analysis, Multivariate analysis, Path Analysis
Abstract
Path analysis is a form of multiple regression-statistical analysis used to evaluate causal models by examining the relationships between a dependent variable and two or more independent variables.Using this method, one can estimate both the magnitude and significance of causal connections between variables. In statistics, path analysis is used to describe the directed dependencies among a set of variables. This includes models equivalent to any form of multiple regression analysis, factor analysis, canonical correlation analysis, discriminant analysis, as well as more general families of models in the multivariate analysis of variance and covariance analyses (MANOVA, ANOVA, ANCOVA).
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