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Using real-world data examples, this authoritative book shows how to use the latest configural frequency analysis (CFA) techniques to analyze categorical data. Some of the techniques are presented here for the first time. In contrast to methods that focus on relationships among variables, such as log-linear modeling, CFA allows researchers to evaluate differences and change at the level of individual cells in a table. Illustrated are ways to identify and test for cell configurations that are either consistent with or contrary to hypothesized patterns (the types and antitypes of CFA); control for potential covariates that might influence observed results; develop innovative prediction models; address questions of moderation and mediation; and analyze intensive longitudinal data. The book also describes free software applications for executing CFA. (20110302)
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Advances in Configural Frequency Analysis
Methodology in the Social Sciences David A. Kenny, Founding Editor Todd D. Little, Series Editor This series provides applied researchers and students with analysis and research design books that emphasize the use of methods to answer research questions. Rather than emphasizing statistical theory, each volume in the series illustrates when a technique should (and should not) be used and how the output from available software programs should (and should not) be interpreted. Common pitfalls as well as areas of further development are clearly articulated. Spectral Analysis of Time-Series Data Rebecca M. Warner A Primer on Regression Artifacts Donald T. Campbell and David A. Kenny Regression Analysis for Categorical Moderators Herman Aguinis How to Conduct Behavioral Research over The Internet: A Beginner’s Guide to HTML and CGI/Perl R. Chris Fraley Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling, Second Edition Rex B. Kline Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research Timothy A. Brown Dyadic Data Analysis David A. Kenny, Deborah A. Kashy, and William L. Cook Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction Patrick E. McKnight, Katherine M. McKnight, Souraya Sidani, and Aurelio José Figueredo Multilevel Analysis for Applied Research: It’s Just Regression! Robert Bickel The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory R. J. de Ayala Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists James Jaccard and Jacob Jacoby Diagnostic Measurement: Theory, Methods, and Applications André A. Rupp, Jonathan Templin, and Robert A. Henson Applied Missing Data Analysis Craig K. Enders Advances in Configural Frequency Analysis Alexander von Eye, Patrick Mair, and Eun-Young Mun
Advances in Configural Frequency Analysis Alexander von Eye Patrick Mair Eun-Young Mun Series Editor’s Note by Todd D. Little
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© 2010 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 www. guilford. com All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eye, Alexander von. Advances in configural frequency analysis / Alexander A. von Eye, Patrick Mair, and Eun-Young Mun. p. cm. — (Methodology in the social sciences) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60623-719-9 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Psychometrics. 2. Discriminant analysis. I. Mair, Patrick. II. Mun, Eun-Young. III. Title. BF39.E93 2010 150.1′519535—dc22 2010005255
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