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Elaboration Model

Number 3191
Subject Statistics
Source Stan Ketterer
State Oklahoma State University
Year 2009
Publication Date Indianapolis_CAR_2009
Summary The Elaboration Model is a systematic method for analyzing the effects of other variables on an initially significant relationship. Overall, it gives journalists a better understanding of how and why the initial relationship works and how other variables affect it. Many variables are likely to affect a relationship in social science, and the model helps journalists assess their effects.
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