Multivariate Taxometric Procedures: Distinguishing Types from Continua

Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences #9

by Niels G. Waller, Paul E. Meehl

Can taxometric procedures be used to distinguish types (species, latent classes, taxa) from continua (dimensions, latent traits, factors); and, if so, how? Aimed at demystifying this process, Waller and Meehl unpack Meehl′s work on the MAXCOV-HITMAX procedure to reveal the underlying rationale of MAXCOV in simple terms and show how this technique can be profitably used in a variety of disciplines by researchers in their taxonomic work.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published December 24, 1997