Abstract
Since the practical utility of the kind of multiple indicators approach discussed in Costner's paper depends on the ways it can be broadened to include a diversity of causal situations, the purpose of the present paper is to extend the argument in three respects: (1) to show that it holds generally in any recursive system; (2) to note the circumstances under which a single indicator of one or more of the variables can be used; and (3) to point out that the use of multiple indicators can be combined with an instrumental-variables approach that has been discussed in the econometrics literature.
Keywords
Instrumental variableArgument (complex analysis)EconometricsCausal modelVariable (mathematics)Diversity (politics)Causality (physics)Computer sciencePoint (geometry)Observational errorMathematicsStatisticsSociology
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- 1969
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- article
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
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- 264-273
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H. M. Blalock,
Herbert L. Costner
(1969).
Multiple Indicators and the Causal Approach to Measurement Error.
American Journal of Sociology
, 75
(2)
, 264-273.
https://doi.org/10.1086/224771
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- 10.1086/224771