A Problem Still Clouded: Yet Again-Statistics and "Q"

A Statistical Study of the Triple-Link Model in the Synoptic Problem

“…An authoritative exposition of the two‐source model and the state of research on Q is provided by Kloppenborg Verbin (2000). What little attention Honoré (1968) has received in the biblical studies literature—see Carlston and Norlin (1971, 1999), O'Rourke (1974) and Matilla (1994)—has been almost entirely restricted to his investigation of the two‐source model, but a considerable part of his paper dealt with an innovative analysis of the so‐called triple‐link model. O'Rourke was dismissive of the triple‐link model on the grounds that it gave a very poor fit to the observed data, but his conclusions were based on Honoré's erroneous analysis.…”

“…It has been a matter of debate about what definition of verbal agreement should be used. Others, such as Carlston and Norlin (1971), have used less restrictive definitions of verbal agreement than did Honoré, and the issues that are involved have been discussed by O'Rourke (1974) and Matilla (1994). Carlston and Norlin (1999), pages 120–121, later conceded that with hindsight they might have used a tighter definition of verbal agreement, yet one that was still broader than Honoré’s.…”