Configural frequency analysis as a statistical tool for. Personcentered methods configural frequency analysis. The use of the software package is described and demonstrated with data examples. Configural frequency analysis cfa is a method of exploratory data analysis, introduced by gustav a. M stemmler this book takes an easytounderstand look at the statistical approach called the personcentered method. It tries to detect patterns in the data that occur significantly more or significantly less often than. This program can be used to analyze data collected from surveys, tests, observations, etc.
Exploratory data analysis was promoted by john tukey to encourage statisticians to explore. It has been deemed to be impractical for large numbers of parameters and large marginal sums. Some of the techniques are presented here for the first time. Package cfa may 1, 2017 description analysis of con. If online access to hogrefe journals via your institutions ip address is for any reason currently not possible, we will be happy to offer alternative access options. Cfa is applicable across many fields, but in human development, researchers apply it to examine multiple behaviors and determine which patterns correlate to healthy or unhealthy development. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading configural frequency analysis. One important asset to this book was the development of the rpackage confreq.
Types are defined as patterns configurations of binary variables occurring more frequently than may be expected under the assumption of complete independence of the respective variables, and are tested for significance by multiple binomial tests or suitable approximations. Configural frequency analysis cfa is widely used for this purpose. Configural frequency analysis version 2000 a program for. The involved variables have to be discrete and are often dichotomized to make the number of value patterns to be examined manageable. List of statistics articles jump to navigation jump to search. Personcentered developmental psychology, based on the holistic interactionistic perspective of the stockholm working group around david magnusson and lars bergman, is briefly revisited. Configural frequency analysis methodology vol 3, no 4. Configural frequency analysis cfa is a widely used method of explorative data analysis. Personcentered methods configural frequency analysis cfa and. Frequency analysis is less relevant when the message has been encrypted with polyalphabetic encryption which tends to randomize the frequency of the letters, or when the encryption is homophonic several different encrypted characters for the same plain letter or polygrammic groups of characters replace each letter. Using configural frequency analysis as a personcentered. Frequency analysis an overview sciencedirect topics. Additional topics will draw from latent class analysis, cluster analysis, mixture models, canonical correlation, multidimensional scaling, and configural frequency analysis. New book on configural frequency analysis the methodology.
Eric ej1151527 using configural frequency analysis as. Configural frequency analysis cfa is a data analysis method that can detect patterns that occur more or less often than would be expected to occur according to a prespecified null hypothesis. Frequency analysis allows decrypting a text by comparing letters frequencies in a plain text message with letters frequences in a ciphered message. The identification of types or syndromes in contingency tables is a frequent and important problem in psychology and medicine. Configural frequency analysis as a method of determining. Configural frequency analysis cfa analysis of configuration frequencies for simple and repeated measures, multiplesamples cfa, hierarchical cfa, bootstrap cfa, functional cfa, kieservictor cfa, and lindners test using a conventional and an accelerated algorithm. Jocelyn wagman, mph, msw, lcsw palliative care social. Using realworld data examples, this authoritative book shows how to use the latest configural frequency analysis cfa techniques to analyze categorical data.
Edms course syllabi fall 2019 umd college of education. Pdf the use of configural frequency analysis for explorative data. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The use of both software packages is described and demonstrated with data examples. Configural frequency analysis cfa asks whether a cell in a crossclassification contains more or fewer cases than expected with respect to some base model. Four models of configural frequency analysis are presented. Eun young mun using realworld data examples, this authoritative book shows how to use the latest configural frequency analysis cfa techniques to analyze categorical data. Eric ej1151527 using configural frequency analysis as a. This this method tries to detect p atterns in the data that occur significantly more or significantly less.
This general description actually goes way beyond what cfa does, becausewhile maintaining the same objectivesit opens the analysis to the more general and robust techniques of exploratory data analysis that have been developed in the 45 years since cfa was. In the years since 1995, cfa has developed at a rapid rate. Standard configural frequency analysis cfa is a onestep. Stepbystep program sequences are used to show readers how to employ cfa methods using commercial software packages, such as sas, spss, systat, splus, or those written specifically to perform cfa. Mar 18, 2010 pasw stands for predictive analytics software. This general description actually goes way beyond what cfa does, becausewhile maintaining the same objectivesit opens the analysis to the more general and robust techniques of exploratory data analysis that have been developed in the 45 years since cfa was invented. Temporal patterns of variable relationships in person. Although cfa can be employed in a confirmatory fashion, most applications are exploratory.
The book describes the use of an rpackage called confreq derived from configural frequency analysis. The use of configural frequency analysis for explorative data. Instead of analyzing means, variances and covariances of scale scores as in the common variablecentered approach, the personcentered approach analyzes persons or objects grouped according to their characteristic patterns or configurations in contingency tables. Pdf a functional approach to configural frequency analysis. Analysis cfa was performed as implemented in cfa software. Configural frequency analysis and association analyses in contingency tables. Person centered methods configural frequency analysis cfa and.
Research methods methodology in the social sciences series. The goal of a configural frequency analysis is to detect patterns in the data that occur significantly more such patterns are called types or significantly less often such patterns are called antitypes than expected by chance. Configural frequency analysis version 2000 a program. Configural frequency analysis and association analyses in. Pdf configural frequency analysis cfa is a widely used method of.
Cfa is a data analysis method that can detect patterns that occur more or less often than would be expected to. Configural frequency analysis cfa and other methods for the analysis of contingency tables springerbriefs in statistics kindle edition by stemmler, mark. Rather than emphasizing statistical theory, each volume in the series illustrates when a technique should and should not be used and how the output from available software programs should and should not be interpreted. Mark stemmler, professor of psychological assessment at the university of erlangennuremberg, germany, has written a new book, person centered methods. Configural frequency analysis cfa and change patterning in dependent samples.
Configural frequency analysis is a method used by researchers to screen special crosstabulations for cells that contain significantly more cases types or fewer cases antitypes than expected from some chance model. Stepbystep program sequences are used to show reade. This paper transforms the tests formula and presents an algorithm suitable for large sets of data. This article introduces readers to personoriented research and gives two examples of personoriented data analysis, that is, configural frequency analysis and item response modeling. Dear hogrefe econtent users, the coronavirus is omnipresent at present and impacting all our lives. Configural frequency analysis written in a formal yet accessible style, actual empirical data examples are used to illustrate key concepts. The same applies to cells with fewer cases than expected. Advances in configural frequency analysis book, 2010. Frequency analysis tool online letter counter tool. This base model is specified such that cells with more cases than expected also called types can be interpreted from a substantive perspective. Advances in configural frequency analysis ebook, 2010. Configural frequency analysis cfa provides an uptotheminute comprehensive introduction to its techniques, models, and applications. Configural frequency analysis and loglinear modeling are presented as personcentered analytic approaches for the analysis of categorical or categorized data in multiway contingency tables. Free webinar on configural frequency analysis the methodology.
Configural frequency analysis cfa provides an uptotheminute comprehensive introduction to its techniques, models, a. Edms 665 data analysis and statistical consulting 3 credits. Configural frequency analysis cfa is a procedure for analyzing multivariate crossclassifications that can be used in a wide range of multivariate experimental designs. Presentation at the symposium evaluation of change in longitudinal data in nuremberg july 1112, 1997. I conducted qualitative impact evaluations for healthy kids, healthy communities sites and managed and prepared data for configural frequency analysis process. An efficient algorithm for lindners test configural. Personcentered methods configural frequency analysis cfa. Configural frequency analysis cfa and other methods for the analysis of contingency tables. A statistical model can be used or not, but primarily eda is for seeing what the data can tell us beyond the formal modeling or hypothesis testing task. Configural frequency analysis configural frequency analysis cfa provides an uptotheminute comprehensive introduction to its techniques, models, and applications. Configural frequency analysis cfa is a new method for identifying types. Title configural frequencies analysis using loglinear modeling.
This series provides applied researchers and students with analysis and research design books that emphasize the use of methods to answer research questions. Definition frequency analysis is the study of the distribution of the letters in a text. It can perform a variety of data analyses and presentation. Pdf p alignleftstandard configural frequency analysis cfa.
Configural frequency analysis cfa is a set of methods for studying all possible value patterns for a set of studied variables. Development of models for exploratory factor analysis and their practical applications. Conjugate and other distributional methods in configural. Throughout the book both packages built the bases for demonstrating the use of configural frequency analysis cfa. A functional approach to configural frequency analysis austrian.
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