Person-Centered Methods Configural Frequency Analysis (CFA) and Othe
This book takes an easy-to-understand look at the statistical approach called the person-centered method. Instead of analyzing means, variances and covariances of scale scores as in the common variable-centered approach, the person-centered approach analy
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Mark Stemmler
Person-Centered Methods Configural Frequency Analysis (CFA) and Other Methods for the Analysis of Contingency Tables 123
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Mark Stemmler
Person-Centered Methods Configural Frequency Analysis (CFA) and Other Methods for the Analysis of Contingency Tables
123
Mark Stemmler Institute of Psychology Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) Erlangen, Germany
ISSN 2191-544X ISSN 2191-5458 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-05535-0 ISBN 978-3-319-05536-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05536-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014937895 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The idea for this book came to me while I was teaching courses during the summer at The Methodology Center at Penn State (Director: Linda Collins). Teaching classes on person-centered methods which do not belong to the standard curriculum at German or American universities was very inspiring to me. The interaction with the students helped me to understand how to explain the content of this class so that it is easy to understand and showed to me how much the stude
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