Measures of Association
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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. 
				  
	
		
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		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] 
			
 
		 
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		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 
		
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			Kaw, Autar 2002. Introduction to Matrix Algebra. [pdf]
 
		 
 
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