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The Asymptotic Standard Errors of Some Estimates of Uncertainty in the Two-Way Contingency Table

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Morton B. Brown
Morton B. Brown*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles Tel-Aviv University†
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Abstract

Estimates of conditional uncertainty, contingent uncertainty, and normed modifications of contingent uncertainty have been proposed for the two-way contingency table. The asymptotic standard errors of the estimates are derived.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 291 - 296
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This research was supported by NIH Special Research Resources Grant RR-3.

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