An Overview of Path Analysis: Mediation Analysis Concept in Structural Equation Modeling

Abstract

This paper provides a tutorial discussion on path analysis structure with concept of structural equation modelling (SEM). The paper delivers an introduction to path analysis technique and explain to how to deal with analyzing the data with this kind of statistical methodology especially with a mediator in the research model. The intended audience is statisticians, mathematicians, or methodologists who either know about SEM or simple basic statistics especially in regression and linear/nonlinear modeling, and Ph.D. students in statistics, mathematics, management, psychology, and even computer science.