title: Comparison Of Item-Level And Score-Level Typological Analysis: A Simulation Study.
abstract: A method of typological analysis was applied to computer-generated l 96-item "questionnaire" data for 100 cases, under a variety of conditions as to: a. response pattern differentiation in the data; b. similarity index used; c. criteria for the formation of clusters-types. 'Under each combination of conditions, analyses were carried out at both item-level and score-level (i.e., records reduced to 12 eight-item "scores"). The results showed a considerable advantage of score-level approach in the number, size, and replicability of clusters recovered.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suziedelis
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Lorr
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authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tonesk