Detecting heterogeneity in logistic regression models

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-344

  Balázs, Katalin ^a   Hidegkuti, István ^a   De Boeck, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binary data; Covariates; DETECT; DIMTEST; Heterogeneity; Marginal modeling; PCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744928628     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605286315     Document Type: Article

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