A “devil” hidden in the details the effects of measurement error in regression analysis

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-75

  Nugent, William R ^a   White, Laurie Graychek ^b   Basham, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Fam Health Services of Darke County   (United States)

Author keywords

Error in independent variables; Measurement error; Regression analysis; Violation of assumptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034368777     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v27n01_03     Document Type: Article

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