SOC200H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Spurious Relationship, Paul Lazarsfeld, Multivariate Analysis
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Summary of chapter 15: the logic of multivariate analysis. The elaboration model (referred to variously as the interpretation method, the columbia school, or the lazarsfeld method) is one method for doing multivariate analysis. It involves multivariate analysis to portray more clearly the relationship between two variables by introducing additional control variables. In other words, researchers use the elaboration model to understand the relationship between two variables through simultaneous introduction of additional variables. Understanding the logic of the elaboration model in the context of contingency table analysis provides a good foundation for understanding other statistical techniques and the types of relationships that are revealed when using them. The ela(cid:271)oratio(cid:374) (cid:373)odel deri(cid:448)es histori(cid:272)all(cid:455) fro(cid:373) sa(cid:373)uel stouffer"s resear(cid:272)h duri(cid:374)g world war. Faced with unexpected findings from studies of soldier morale, stouffer suggested logical explanations for the findings based on the theoretical concepts of reference group and deprivation.
