On spurious correlation in geographical problems

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-202

  Kanaroglou, Pavlos S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LINEAR REGRESSION; SPURIOUS CORRELATION;

EID: 11244277230     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1996.tb00448.x     Document Type: Article

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