Predicting placement in foster care: A comparison of logistic regression and neural network analysis

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-20

  McDonald, Thomas P ^a   Poertner, John ^b   Harris, Gardenia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse and neglect; Child welfare; Foster care; Neural network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035561138     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v28n02_01     Document Type: Review

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