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Treatment Response Predicted from Polarity Patterns in Depressives by Complementary Prediction CFA
Author(s) -
Havránek Tomáš,
Lienert G. A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710310212
Subject(s) - multivariate statistics , polarity (international relations) , nonparametric statistics , multivariate analysis , statistics , logistic regression , mathematics , psychology , sample (material) , clinical psychology , chemistry , biochemistry , cell , chromatography
A sample of N = 32 depressive patients was observed as to their polarity sequences defined as 4 binary independent variables. After Lithium treatment the dependent variable was a yes‐no improvement rating. Nonparametric evaluation of the multivariate regression was made by complementary version of predictive configural frequency analysis. It was confirmed that the ocurrence of manic‐depressive episodes prior to treatment was favor of improvement, as hypothesized by the clinician. A construction of exact tests is suggested.