| Abstract: | T. Froman and L. J. Hubert (see record 1980-06671-001) attempted to show how recently developed prediction analysis techniques may be applied clarifying the interrelationship between 2 developing concepts. Although this work is in some respects an advance over earlier statistical techniques, it raises new problems: (a) It goes too far in identifying issues of developmental priority (sequence vs synchrony) with issues of statistical relationship (dependence vs independence), and thus (b) unjustifiably fails to consider certain information inherent in the data which, although irrelevant to issues of statistical relationship, is highly relevant to issues of developmental priority. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
