Existing methods for the analysis of clustered, ordinal data are inappropriate for certain applications. We propose latent variable models for clustered ordinal data which are derived as natural ...

An ordinal variable is a number that shows the position of an object within a series of objects with the use of a suffix, for example, "1st" or "453rd." When preparing a worksheet in Excel for your ...

Sociological Methodology (SM) is the only American Sociological Association periodical publication devoted entirely to research methods. It is a compendium of new and sometimes controversial advances ...