Can scientifically useful hypotheses be tested with correlations?

被引：19
|
作者：
Bentler, Peter M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
来源：
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST | 2007年 / 62卷 / 08期
关键词：
correlation structures; structural equation models; statistical models;
D O I：
10.1037/0003-066X.62.8.772
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Historically, interesting psychological theories have been phrased in terms of correlation coefficients, which are standardized covariances, and various statistics derived from them. Methodological practice over the last 40 years, however, has suggested it is necessary to transform such theories into hypotheses on covariances and statistics derived from them. This complication turns out to be unnecessary, because the methodology now exists to test hypotheses on latent structures of correlations directly. Two examples are given. Limitations of correlation structures are also noted.
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页码：772 / 782
页数：11
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