Testing for Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives

Some Empirical Results

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2331806
AutoresTim R L Fry (0000-0002-3763-5152, Monash University), M Harris (0000-0002-1804-4357, The University of Melbourne), Mark N Harris (The University of Melbourne)
Año1998
Volumen26
Número3
Páginas401-423
Fecha de publicación1998-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0049124198026003005
OpenAlexW1990076255
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas9

In a recent article, Zhang and Hoffman discuss the use of discrete choice logit models in sociological research. In the present article, the authors estimate a multinomial logit model of U.K. Magistrates Courts sentencing using a data set collected by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) and test the independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) property using six tests. Conducting the tests with the appropriate large sample critical values, the authors find that the acceptance or rejection of IIA depends both on which test and which variant of a given test is used. The authors then use simulation techniques to assess the size and power performance of the tests. The empirical example is revisited with the inferences performed using empirical critical values obtained by simulation, and the resultant inferences are compared. The results show that empirical workers should exercise caution when testing for IIA

Econometrics · Economics · Empirical research · Independence (probability theory) · Independence of irrelevant alternatives · Logit · Multinomial logistic regression · Pareto principle · Sample (material) · Sample size determination · Statistics · Test (biology) · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Housing Market and Economics · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology