Models, assumptions and model checking in ecological regressions

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 101-118

  Gelman, Andrew ^a   Park, David K ^a   Ansolabehere, Stephen ^b   Price, Phillip N ^c   Minnite, Lorraine C ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological regression; Epidemiology; Radon; Voter turn out

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648145     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00190     Document Type: Article

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