Instabilities of regression estimates relating air pollution to mortality

Technometrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1973, Pages 463-481

  McDonald, Gary C ^a   Schwing, Richard C ^a  

^a GM Research Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality rate; Multiple linear regression; Pollution potentials; Ridge elimination; Ridge regression; Standardized total squared error, cp

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 0015810240     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1973.10489073     Document Type: Article

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