1st Edition

Understanding Log-linear Analysis With Ilog An Interactive Approach

By Roger Bakeman, Byron F. Robinson Copyright 1994
152 Pages
by Psychology Press

Whenever data are categorical and their frequencies can be arrayed in multidimensional tables, log-linear analysis is appropriate. Like analysis of variance and multiple regression for quantitative data, log-linear analysis lets users ask which main effects and interactions affect an outcome of interest. Until recently, however, log-linear analysis seemed difficult -- accessible only to the... Read more
Contents: Preface. Analyzing Quantitative and Qualitative Scores: An Introduction. Basic Statistics for Two-Dimensional Frequency Tables. Models for Two-Dimensional Frequency Tables. Fitting Models for Multidimensional Tables. ILOG Basics: Specifying a Frequency Table. Analyzing Frequency Tables With ILOG. Tallies: Enough, Too Many, None at All. Explicating Results: Percentages, Residuals, and Two-Way Tables. Appendices: Installing ILOG. Critical Values of Chi Square.

Biography

Roger Bakeman, Byron F. Robinson

"The book and program do the field a great service. They are models of clarity. I have tried comparable runs with both SAS CATMOD and SPSSX HILOGLINEAR, and can report that ILOG far outpaces them for ease of use."
George W. Howe
Associate Research Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Scie