Partial possibilistic regression path modeling: handling uncertainty in path modeling

The paper presents a new insight of a recently proposed method named partial possibilistic regression path modeling. This method combines the principles ofpath modelingwith those of possibilistic regression to model the net of relations among blocks of variables, where a weighted composite summarizes each block. It assumes that randomness can refer back as the measurement error, which is the error in modeling the relations between the observed variables and the corresponding composite, and the vagueness to the structural error, which is the uncertainty in modeling the relations among the composites behind each block of variables. The comparison of the proposed method with a classical composite-based path model is based on a simulation study. A case study on the use of Wikipedia in higher education illustrates a fruitful usability context of the proposed method.

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The paper introduces a new method called partial possibilistic regression path modeling, which combines principles of path modeling and possibilistic regression to model relationships among blocks of variables. The comparison with a classical composite-based path model is based on a simulation study, while a case study on the use of Wikipedia in higher education illustrates the usability context of the proposed method.