Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Descriptive Measures in Fuzzy-Set Analysis
Autor: | Robin Stryker, Scott R. Eliason |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Zdroj: | Sociological Methods & Research. 38:102-146 |
ISSN: | 1552-8294 0049-1241 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0049124109339371 |
Popis: | In this article the authors develop goodness-of-fit tests for fuzzy-set analyses to formally assess the fit between empirical information and various causal hypotheses while accounting for measurement error in membership scores. These goodness-of-fit tests, and the accompanying logic, provide a sound inferential foundation for fuzzy-set methodology. The authors also develop descriptive measures to complement these tests. Examples from Stryker and Eliason (2003) and Mahoney (2003) show how goodness-of-fit tests and descriptive measures may be used to assess individual causal factors as well as conjunctions of factors. The authors show how these tools provide more information in a fuzzy-set analysis than do tests currently in use. In providing this inferential foundation, the authors also show that fuzzy-set methods (a) are no less amenable to falsificationist methods of the Neyman-Pearson type than are standard statistical techniques and (b) may be usefully applied in either an exploratory/inductive or a confirmatory/deductive research design. |
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