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A Further Note on Freeman’s Measure of Association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Linton C. Freeman
Linton C. Freeman*
Affiliation:
Lehigh University
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to L. C. Freeman, Department of Social Relations, Price Hall, Bldg. 40, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015.
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Abstract

This note extends and elaborates Hubert’s attempt to provide an interpretation of Freeman’s measure of association, θ. The θ measure is used in a contingency table when observations are ordered on one variable and unordered on the other. No attempt is made explore the distribution of θ.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , June 1976 , pp. 273 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 The Psychometric Society

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