A Probabilistic Model for Validation of Behavioral Hierarchies
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 41 (2) , 189-204
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02291838
Abstract
A probabilistic model for the validation of behavioral hierarchies is presented. Estimation is by means of iterative convergence to maximum likelihood estimates, and two approaches to assessing the fit of the model to sample data are discussed. The relation of this general probabilistic model to other more restricted models which have been presented previously is explored and three cases of the general model are applied to exemplary data.Keywords
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