Surveys often contain qualitative variables for which respondents may select any number of the outcome categories. For instance, for the question "What type of contraceptive have you used?" with possible responses (oral, condom, lubricated condom, spermicide, and diaphragm), respondents would be instructed to select as many of the J = 5 outcomes as apply. This situation is known as multiple responses and outcomes are referred to as items. This thesis discusses several approaches to analysing such data. First, for stratified multiple response data, we consider three ways of defining...
Surveys often contain qualitative variables for which respondents may select any number of the outcome categories. For instance, for the question "W...