Using a Measure of Variable Importance to Investigate the Standardization of Discriminant Coefficients

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-130

  Thomas, D Roland ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discriminant coefficients; Discriminant ratio coefficients; Standardization; Structure coefficients; Variable importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030310627     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986021002110     Document Type: Article

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