This article describes how following good measurement construction procedures result in normal variables, for which the use of nonparametric statistics would simply be inappropriate.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Bohrnstedt, G.W. and T.M. Carter (1971) "Robustness in regression analysis," pp. 118-146 in G. W. Bomstedt and E. F. Borgatta (eds.) Sociological Methodology: 1971. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass.
2.
Borgatta, E.F. (1968) "My student, the purist: a lament." Soc. Q.9: 29-34.
3.
Northrop, F.S.C. (1947) The Logic of the Sciences and the Humanities. New York: Macmillan.
