A computer program (ALT) is presented as an aid in the analysis of cross-classified categorical data. Program ALT can accept a maximum of 500 variables as data and construct a frequency table of from 1 to 8 dimensions. Each variable may have as many as 8 categories. In addition, ALT can combine, recode, and create formal variables at the user's discretion.
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