Performing Taxometric Analysis to Distinguish Categorical and Dimensional Variables
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Performing Taxometric Analysis to Distinguish Categorical and Dimensional Variables.
A fundamental question facing clinical scientists is whether the constructs they are studying are categorical or dimensional in nature. The taxometric method was developed expressly to answer this question and is being used by a growing number of investigators to inform theory, research, and practice in psychopathology. The current paper provides a practical introduction to the method, updating...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2043-8087,2043-8087
DOI: 10.5127/jep.010910