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Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-92

  Kennedy, Peter E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data mining; False significance; Misspecification

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444295439     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.36.1.77-92     Document Type: Article

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