Asymptotic log-linear analysis: Some cautions concerning sparse frequency tables

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-32

  Mielke Jr , Paul W ^a   Berry, Kenneth J ^a   Johnston, Janis E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2342625338     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.19-32     Document Type: Article

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