Comment on “Correspondence analysis used complementary to loglinear analysis”

In van der Heijden and de Leeuw (1985) it was proposed to use loglinear analysis to detect interactions in a multiway contingency table, and to explore the form of these interactions with correspondence analysis. After performing the exploratory phase of the analysis, we will show here how the results found in this phase can be used for confirmation.This research was conducted while the authors were visiting the Laboratoire de Statistique et Probabilité, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. This visit was partly made possible by a joint grant of the Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research (Z.W.O.) and the French National Center for Scientific Research (C.N.R.S.). For helpful comments, the authors are indebted to H. Caussinus, J. de Leeuw, and two anonymous reviewers.     

Note on the “longitudinal factor analysis” model

The “longitudinal factor analysis” model, which uniquely resolves factors from two occasions of data representing the same persons measured on the same test battery, is shown to be derivable by application of canonical correlation procedures to factor scores. Interpreted in this light, it is suggested that, in attaining its objective, “longitudinal factor analysis” maximizes temporal stability of factor scores—an emphasis which may be warranted for some types of change but not for others.     

Comment on “Realizing Love and Justice”

This is a comment on the article “Realizing Love and Justice” by Martha Saunders and Kathleen Martindale that appeared in Hypatia's Fall, 1992 Special Issue on Lesbian Philosophy.     

Comment on “Nudges and Cultural Variance”

In this brief commentary, I suggest Selinger and Whyte are essentially correct in their criticism of the Nudge approach advocated by Thaler and Sunstein. I use some examples from road behavior and traffic planning to amplify the criticism that the simple behavioral economics approach fails to take account of the embedding of humans and technology in the wider social and cultural context.     

Comment on “The Angry Patient”

This article formulates the main problem of the angry patient treated by Dr. Curtis as one of poor ego functioning. This is possibly of neuropsychological origin. Treatment would be training to strengthen ego functions and the patient–therapist relationship would be task oriented. The anger is not dealt with directly except as it interferes with the training. It is predicted that as the ego becomes stronger, the anger will become more controllable. There is some question of whether this patient would be able to cooperate with such a program.     

Comment on the Paper “Impasse-able”

In this discussion, certain aspects of the treatment of a severely disturbed patient are considered: (a) the temptation on the part of the analyst to “take sides” against the perverse influence of a pathological organization; (b) the necessity for the analyst to experience, not just understand, the crisis of the patient; and (c) the need for shameless openness in addressing shame states.     

A note on “pattern variants on a square field”

It is shown how results of Prokhovnik on the number of pattern variants that may be formed byk markers on a square network ofm ² positions may be derived more simply by means of a combinatorial theorem of Pólya's, which may also be used to solve systematically many other problems of this type.     

A note on the “B” in REBT

In this brief article, I argue for the inclusion of B based on principles of classical and instrumental conditioning. It's time to manage our discomfort with the alignment of REBT with behavior therapy.former Co-Editor of thisJournal. He is a Professor Emeritus and a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in Roanoke, VA.     

A note on ‘scepticism and absurdity’

In ‘Scepticism and Absurdity’ (Inquiry, Vol. 7, No. 2) Ingemund Gullvag concludes that recent attempts to counter scepticism have failed. It is suggested that where the attempts Gullvåg investigates are complex theories of a sociological and linguistic‐psychological nature, we need only refer to a simple and inspectable fact of language to counter scepticism.     

A remark on tucker and Messick's “points of view” analysis

It is shown that to combine readings from points of view configurations as assumed in Tucker and Messick's model is not to combine configurations in any simple way. Both empirical and logical consequences of the disparity are discussed.     

Comment on “Eye movements and decrement in the Müller-Lyer illusion”

Festinger et al conflrm the findings of previous investigators that the magnitude of the Müller-Lyer illusion diminishes with prolonged observation of the test figure, but only if gross eye movements are allowed. To explain this phenomenon, they advance the hypothesis that “the perception of length is determined by efferent readiness activated by the visual input.” We offer evidence that the hypothesis is incorrect.     

A note on the relation between coefficient alpha and guttman's “split-half” lower bounds

Use of the same term split-half for division of ann-item test into two subtests containing equal [Cronbach], and possibly unequal [Guttman], numbers of items sometimes leads to a misunderstanding about the relation between Guttman's maximum split-half bound and Cronbach's coefficient alpha.Coefficient alpha is the average of split-half bounds in the Cronbach sense and so is not larger than the maximum split-half bound in either sense whenn is even. Whenn is odd, however, splithalf bounds exist only in the Guttman sense and the largest of these may be smaller than coefficient alpha.