Multivariate Taxometric Procedures - Distinguishing Types from Continua

Can taxometric procedures be used to distinguish types (species, latent classes, taxa) from continua (dimensions, latent traits, factors); and, if so, how? Aimed at demystifying this process, Waller and Meehl unpack Meehl's work on the MAXCOV-HITMAX procedure to reveal the underlying rationale of MAXCOV in simple terms and show how this technique can be profitably used in a variety of disciplines by researchers in their taxonomic work.

List of contents

Introduction
Carving Nature at Its Joints
Defining Nature¿s Joints
Alternative Meanings of Taxon
Mathematical Foundations of Multivariate Taxometrics
MAXEIG-HITMAX
A Multivariate Generalization of MAXCOV
Factor Analytic Techniques for Distinguishing Types from Continua
L-Mode
Factor Analytic Techniques for Distinguishing Types from Continua
Q-Factor Analysis
Taxometrics in Scientific Methodology

Product details

• Authors: Paul Meehl, Paul E. Meehl, Niels Waller, Niels G. Waller, Waller Niels
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.1998
• EAN: 9780761902577
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0257-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 400 g
• Series: Advanced Quantitative Techniqu; Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences; Advanced Quantitative Techniqu
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics, Quantitative/Statistical Research