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In previous chapters we have dealt principally with two problems, that of factor-analysing relationships between correlated variables and that of discriminating between groups and classifying individuals or objects into categories. Throughout, it was assumed that the measurement of the variables under consideration was in quantitative terms. Furthermore, it was also assumed that the variables in question were normally distributed (at least approximately) and that the regression relationship was linear.
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© 1976 Spencer Bennett and David Bowers
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Bennett, S., Bowers, D. (1976). The Analysis of Qualitatitive Data. In: An Introduction to Multivariate Techniques for Social and Behavioural Sciences. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15634-4_8
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