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dc.contributor.authorFry, T.R.L.
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-26T07:38:03Z
dc.date.available2020-11-26T07:38:03Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationFry, T.R.L. and Harris, M.N. 1998. Testing for independence of irrelevant alternatives some empirical results. Sociological Methods and Research. 26 (3): pp. 401-423.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81825
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0049124198026003005
dc.description.abstract

In a recent article, Zhang and Hoffman discuss the use of discrete choice logit models in sociological research. In the present article, the authors estimate a multinomial logit model of U.K. Magistrates Courts sentencing using a data set collected by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) and test the independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) property using six tests. Conducting the tests with the appropriate large sample critical values, the authors find that the acceptance or rejection of IIA depends both on which test and which variant of a given test is used. The authors then use simulation techniques to assess the size and power performance of the tests. The empirical example is revisited with the inferences performed using empirical critical values obtained by simulation, and the resultant inferences are compared. The results show that empirical workers should exercise caution when testing for IIA.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectSocial Sciences, Mathematical Methods
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectMathematical Methods In Social Sciences
dc.subjectMULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL
dc.subjectSPECIFICATION TESTS
dc.subjectPROPERTY
dc.titleTesting for independence of irrelevant alternatives some empirical results
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume26
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage401
dcterms.source.endPage423
dcterms.source.issn0049-1241
dcterms.source.titleSociological Methods and Research
dc.date.updated2020-11-26T07:38:03Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics, Finance and Property
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidHarris, Mark [0000-0002-1804-4357]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridHarris, Mark [35561581200] [55310794400]


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