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Where Do We Draw the Line? Assigning Cases to Subsamples for MAMBAC, MAXCOV, and MAXEIG Taxometric Analyses
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Walters, Glenn D.; Ruscio, John – Assessment, 2010
There are several important decisions that must be made when implementing taxometric procedures such as mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC), maximum covariance (MAXCOV), and maximum eigenvalue (MAXEIG). A Monte Carlo study was performed with 10,000 (5,000 categorical, 5,000 dimensional) samples to examine 5 ways to locate the first and last…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Classification, Intervals, Monte Carlo Methods