Artificial neural networks: A new approach to predicting application behavior

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-258

  González, Julie M Byers ^a   DesJardins, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; College application behavior; Logistic regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141625837     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014423925000     Document Type: Article

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