Configural Frequency Analysis as a Statistical Tool for Developmental Research
Gustav Adolf Lienert, Hans Zur Oeveste · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 1985
Configural frequency analysis (CFA) is suggested as a technique for longitudinal research in developmental psychology. Stability and change in answers to multiple choice items and in Yes-No item-patterns obtained with measurements repeated two or three times are identified by CFA and illustrated by developmental analysis of an item from Gorham's Proverb Test.