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Permutation Techniques for Testing Homogeneity of Social Groups From Questionnaire Results

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Simulating Social Phenomena

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 456))

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In order to assess the homogeneity of questionnaire results arising from different social categories, the joint presence of mixed-type variables, directional alternatives and missing data is handled by using permutational procedures.

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Barabesi, L., Fattorini, L. (1997). Permutation Techniques for Testing Homogeneity of Social Groups From Questionnaire Results. In: Conte, R., Hegselmann, R., Terna, P. (eds) Simulating Social Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03366-1_39

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