The hot air in R2 and consistent measures of explained variation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 319-328

  McGuirk, Anya M ^a   Driscoll, Paul ^b  

^a and Statistics ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of determination; Correlation coefficient; Goodness of fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039119802     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243542     Document Type: Article

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