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A Maximum Likelihood Approach to the “Test of Inclusion”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Ronald D. Owston
Ronald D. Owston*
Affiliation:
University of New Brunswick
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Ronald D. Owston, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 5A3.
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Abstract

The method of scoring is used to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters in the White and Clark learning hierarchy validation model. From the estimate of the proportion of the population possessing only the superordinate skill in a pair of hierarchical skills, and its variance, the hypothesis of inclusion is tested. An illustrative example of the procedure is given.

Keywords

latent structure models
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , December 1979 , pp. 421 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This study is based on doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Ottawa. The author is indebted to Martin Cooper, Marvin Boss and Jean-Paul Dionne for their assistance.

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