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PREDICTION LOGIC AND QUASI-INDEPENDENCE IN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF FORMAL THEORY.
- Source :
- Journal of Mathematical Sociology; 1974, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p197, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 1974
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Abstract
- The article focuses on prediction logic and quasi-independence in empirical evaluation of formal theory. In the paper by researchers D.K. Hildebrand, J.D. Laing and H.L. Rosenthal, a paradigm for the statement and empirical evaluation of a class of propositions predicting specific relations between qualitative variables was proposed. The approach represents a substantial departure from traditional modes of analysis. Consequently, it is not surprising that one encounters resistance and misunderstanding in those who work in different traditions. The lengthy critique of the paper by researchers L.A. Goodman and W.H. Kruskal, henceforth G&K, illustrates the inappropriateness of evaluating the paradigm using traditional perspectives. G&K operate in two contexts: measures of association and multiplicative models for probabilities in cross-classifications. The primary objective in the paper discussed by G&K was to design a general model that provides a distinct and operationally interpretable measure of the prediction success attained in a population by any logically distinct proposition stated, a priori, in the prediction logic.
- Subjects :
- LOGIC
EMPIRICAL research
LOGICAL prediction
MATHEMATICAL variables
THEORY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022250X
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Mathematical Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9946940
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0022250X.1974.9989833