Talk:Scale analysis (statistics)

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Hi guys, here are the terms I was mentioning in class as a starting point for a taxonomy of the methods covered.

  • probabilistic -- deterministic
  • nonparametric -- parametric
  • dominance (Guttman) -- proximity
  • ordinal (nonmetric) -- interval (metric)
  • bottom-up -- top-down
  • continous -- discrete
  • latent -- manifest
  • explorative -- confirmative
  • Guttman: nonmetric dominance model, perfect deterministic cumulative scale,

Besides these, I have a few terms which (as I understand it) can be defined for each model separately.

  • Purpose of model
  • Definition of model violation
  • Amibiguity in the negative response (= what does "no" mean?)
  • Parameter estimation
  • Test of mdel fit

Please do not write to me or others what to change/improve but EDIT this page directly and correct or extend any part you know something about. Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages!! Madmaxx 13:56, 21 July 2006 (UTC)