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Goodman and Kruskal's TAU-B Statistic

A Nonasymptotic Test of Significance

KENNETH J. BERRY

Colorado State University

PAUL W. MIELKE, Jr.

Colorado State University

Goodman and Kruskal's {lambda} b statistic is frequently employed by sociologists to measure association among categorical polytomies. The test of the null hypothesis {lambda} b = 0 is presently limited to an asymptotic approximation that fails to adjust for unbalanced marginals, yielding inaccurate probability values. This article details a nonasymptotic test of significance that adjusts for unbalanced marginals.

Sociological Methods & Research, Vol. 13, No. 4, 543-550 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/0049124185013004005
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