Model selection for discrete dependent variables: Better statistics for better steaks

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 404-419

  Norwood, F Bailey ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b   Brorsen, B Wade ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete dependent variables; Forecasting; Likelihood functions; Model selection; Out of sample; Quality grades; Receiver operator curves

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 13244290050     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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