We define and investigate classes of statistical models for the analysis of associations between variables, some of which are qualitative and some quantitative. In the cases where only one kind of variables is present, the models are well-known models for either contingency tables or covariance...

In recent years, concerns have risen regarding the Flemish teacher labour market : there is a fear of a decreasing quality of inflowing students in teacher education programmes. In this paper we investigate the transition from secondary school to higher education in Flanders, more specifically...