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Fitting Cross-Classification Table Data to Models when Observations are Subject to Classification Error

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Hoben Thomas
Hoben Thomas*
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Hoben Thomas, Department of Psychology, 513 B.V. Moore Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
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Abstract

Individuals are classified in a cross-classification table where two behavioral observations on each individual determine the classification. The problem is to test certain structural models assumed to underlie the cross-classified observations. A minimum chi-square test procedure is proposed.

Keywords

growth processcognitive development
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , June 1977 , pp. 199 - 206
Copyright
Copyright © 1977 The Psychometric Society

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