Measures of Association
|
 |
The cornerstone of most statistical measures we will use is the concept of
association or similarity. In the class we will
Correlating variables and evaluating similarities in profiles. Bring a laptop to
class.
Topics
Readings
- Cronbach, L. J., & Gleser, G. C. (1953).
Assessing the similarity between profiles. Psychological Bulletin,
50, 456-473 [PDF]
- Zegers, F. E., & ten Berge, J. M. F. (1985). A
family of association coefficients for metric scales.
Psychometrika, 50(1), 17-24 [PDF]
|
|
Handouts
Online
Data
|
Bibliography
Measures
- Robinson, W.S. 1953. The Statistical Measurement of
Agreement. American Sociological Review 22(1): 17-25 [pdf]
- Goodman, Leo A. and Kruskal, William H. (1979) Measures of
association for cross classifications. New York, Springer-Verlag.
- Cowgill, G. L. 1990. Why Pearson's r is not a good similarity
coefficient for comparing collections. American Antiquity 55:512-521.
Matrix Algebra
-
Kaw, Autar 2002. Introduction to Matrix Algebra. [pdf]
Send mail to
sborgatti@uky.edu with
questions or comments about this web site. Copyright © 2008
by Steve Borgatti. Last modified:
08/10/09.
|
