Which of the following is not an assumption of loglinear analysis?
A) An entity should fall into only one cell of the contingency table.
B) Expected frequencies should be large enough for a reliable analysis.
C) If there are two variables 20% of cells must have frequencies less than 1.
D) Collapsed data need to have a non-significant highest-order interaction.

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This statement is not an assumption of loglinear analysis. In fact, having 20% of cells with frequencies less than 1 may indicate that the data violate the assumption of independence and may require alternative analyses such as exact tests. The other statements are assumptions of loglinear analysis.

Which of the Following Is Not an Assumption of Loglinear