Application of Path Analysis to Modeling from Population-based Data Sources

Heru Santoso Wahito Nugroho (Department of Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Indonesia [e-mail] (Corresponding Author))
Teuku Alamsyah (Department of Nursing, Poltekkes Kemenkes Aceh)
Angelito E. Alvarado (Research Coordinator, Isabela State University, College of Nursing, Echague, Isabela)

Aloha International Journal of Multidisciplinary Advancement (AIJMU)
Vol 4, No 2 (2022): February

In research on statistical modeling, researchers generally use sample-based data, but in a less frequent proportion, there are also researchers who use population-based data. For this second group, the researcher should not use the p-value as a basis for deciding the effect between variables, because this method is only suitable for sample-based modeling. For modeling using population-based data, researchers cannot use p-values, so meaningfulness should be used to determine the influence between variables. In this case, the minimum value of the path coefficient that is considered meaningful is 0 . Keywords: modeling; path analysis; population-based; meaningfulness