Regression artifacts and other customs of dubious desert

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-409

  Mohr, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Change scores; Lord's paradox; Random error; Regression artifacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040777238     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(00)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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