Normal Approximations of Exact Tests in Configural Frequency Analysis

✍ Scribed by Dr. L. R. Bergman; A. von Eye

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 429 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0323-3847
• DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710290714

✦ Synopsis

The most common testa for types and ontity-pea in configural frequency analysis are normal approximations of exact bats. I n the paper such statistics under the complete independence model and under the fixed margins model are discussed. It turns out that these test statistics are not acceptable when the number of simultaneously performed testa is large or when the expected frequencies are small. I n them cases, the use of exact testa is advocated and mme existing computer programs for such bats are indicated. A normal approximation based on the strong version of the De Moivre-hplace limit theorem is alw discussed. Empirical examples are given from longitudinal data describing psychological development of boys.