Qualitative response models

Abstract

This article gives a systematic discussion of various qualitative response models, with a special emphasis on multi.response and multirariate models. While some new models (notably, multi var iate polytomous probi, models) are defined, old models are given new interpretations. The article discusses the relative merits of tno basicall differing ways to formulate multivariate models: the one that specifies marinol probabilities first and the one that specifies conditional probabilities first.

An Assessment of Consumers’ Willingness to Patronize Foreign-Based Business Format Franchises: An Investigation in the Fast-Food Sector

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Conceptual design of an integrated technology model for carbon policy assessment.

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Explorations in combining cognitive models of individuals and system dynamics models of groups.

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