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Abstract:
Recent research has indicated the need for a test to compare the magnitudes of relationships among reciprocally related variables. A test is developed to ascertain whether the difference between the relationship of two reciprocally related variables is significant; the estimates of reciprocal relationships were based on the two-stage least squares (2SLS) analytic procedure. Assumptions and conditions required to conduct the test are discussed, and, since the test employed standardized variables, the use of standardized variables in 2SLS is reviewed.
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