Index_M

M

Manifest variables , 158

Mann-Whitney U test, 116 “117

Mapping, 156 “157

Marginal totals, 34

Markov chains, 309 “314

Matrices

adjoint of, 294

algebra for, 285 “296

diagonal, 286 “287

identity, 287

limiting transition, 313 “314

nonsingular, 293

singular, 293, 295

step transition, 310 “314

symmetric, 286

Matrix algebra, 285 “296

Maximum specification, 27

McNemar test, 114 “115

MDA, 129, 132, 136

MDS, 156 “157

Mean

central tendency measure, 30 “31

definition of, 30, 35

distribution of means,