MORE PLAUSIBLE RIVAL HYPOTHESES IN CROSS-LAGGED PANEL CORRELATION TECHNIQUE

In the cross-lagged panel correlation technique for choosing among causal hypotheses, 4 hypotheses are in competition rather than the 2 previously assumed. A significant inequality chooses only 1 confounded pair of hypotheses over the other pair. Where the synchronous cross-correlations are zero or where appropriate reliabilities are available for all 4 measures, the confounded hypotheses may be separably examinable. (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.