In pursuit of moderation: Nine common errors and their solutions

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 479-501

  Carte, Traci A ^a   Russell, Craig J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency models; PLS; Tests of moderation

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

COMMON ERRORS; CONTINGENCY MODELS; PLS; TESTS OF MODERATION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942675541     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30036541     Document Type: Article

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