Path Coefficient Analysis | Biostatistics
www.biologydiscussion.com › biostatistics-2 › pathIntroduction to Path Coefficient Analysis: Path analysis was proposed by Wright in 1921 and was used first for plant selection by Dewey and Lu in 1959. Path analysis is simply standardized partial regression coefficient partitioning the correlation coefficients into the measures of direct and indirect effects of set of independent variables on the dependent variable.