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What is Path Analysis

Chapter 1
Handbook of Research on Individualism and Identity in the Globalized Digital Age
Is a technique that uses regression methods to provide a visual representation of the relationships between variables being studied ( Gay, Mills, & Airasian, 2012 ).
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A Comparison of Saudi and United States Faculty Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools
Art W. Bangert (Montana State University, USA) and Mabark Fayaz Alshahri (Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0522-8.ch001
Abstract
Research related to differences in how Saudi and US faculty use Information and Technology Communication (ICT) tools is discussed as well as their perceptions of ICT applications and ICT use. Saudi faculty from six universities in KSA and US faculty from five US universities completed a questionnaire designed to identify the ICT tools most frequently used and their perceptions toward the use of these tools. In addition, a path analysis based on Davis's (1993) Technology Acceptance Model was conducted to investigate the relationships between faculty attitudes toward ICT applications and actual ICT use. Findings from this study suggest that both Saudi faculty social media most often while US faculty use productivity tools more often. Both Saudi and US faculty and would benefit from training in the use of these applications for use within a Learning Management System.
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Chapter 2
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Web 2.0 Technologies by University Students: Evidence from Australia
A statistical method used for evaluating the cause and effects relationships of variables included in one's research model with the aid of correlational data and path coefficient analysis.
Published in Chapter: Factors Affecting the Adoption of Web 2.0 Technologies by University Students: Evidence from Australia; From: Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age
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How Do Social Media Impact Interpersonal Communication Competence?: A Uses and Gratifications Approach
A robust statistical test utilizing a series of linear and hierarchical regressions that reveals the collective variance explained in the outcome variable by a set of predictor variables, as well as direct predictors and indirect predictors, mediated by other predictor variables.
Published in Chapter: How Do Social Media Impact Interpersonal Communication Competence?: A Uses and Gratifications Approach; From: The Psychology and Dynamics Behind Social Media Interactions
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Antecedents and Consequences of the Risk Taking Behavior of Mobile Commerce Adoption in Lebanon
Is a unidirectional simultaneous equations model used for studying the direct and indirect effects of variables taken as causes of variables taken as effects. It is important to note that path analysis is not a method used for discovering causes, but a method used to decompose simple relations into direct and indirect effects in causal models formulated by the researcher on the basis of theoretical and logical basis.
Published in Chapter: Antecedents and Consequences of the Risk Taking Behavior of Mobile Commerce Adoption in Lebanon; From: Handbook of Research on E-Government Readiness for Information and Service Exchange: Utilizing Progressive Information Communication Technologies
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