An Analysis of U-Value as a Measure of Variability.
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| Title: | An Analysis of U-Value as a Measure of Variability. |
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| Authors: | Kong, Xiuyan, McEwan, James, Bizo, Lewis, Foster, T. |
| Source: | Psychological Record. Dec2017, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p581-586. 6p. |
| Subjects: | Differences, Variability (Psychometrics), Probability theory, Regression analysis, Data analysis |
| Abstract: | The variability in behavior has frequently been assessed using a measure known as the U-value. Of concern in this article were the limits and constraints on U-value as a measure of variability. The relation between the U-value and aspects of variability was examined using three sets of simulated data. Our analysis demonstrates that the U-value as a measure of variability on its own fails to capture repetitive patterns in the sequence of responding. The U-value was shown to reflect the evenness of the distributions of responses across the categories/options used; however, when the number of categories actually used by the participant differed from the total number available, the relation between U-values and the number of categories allocated with responses was shown to be nonlinear. It was also shown that the same value of U can represent different levels of evenness in response distributions over categories, depending on the number of categories/options actually used. These constraints and limitations are discussed in relation to how researchers might report on behavioral variability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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