Multinomial Runs Tests to Detect Clustering in Constrained Free Recall
用于检测受约束自由回忆中聚集现象的多项游程检验
Psychologists often want to detect category structure in subjects' free recall protocols. Although runs tests based on the binomial distribution are commonly used to detect nonrandomness within a sequence, many research situations require tests based on the multinomial distribution. We propose a test of randomness versus clustering based on the number of runs in multinomial data. We illustrate its use with data from a mass communication experiment using a constrained free…