Editorial: Errors in the variables, unobserved heterogeneity, and other ways of hiding statistical error

Marketing Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-216

  Shugan, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors in the variables; Falsification; Popper falsification; Scientific method; Statistical validation; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746006236     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1060.0215     Document Type: Article

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