Point estimates and confidence intervals for variable importance in multiple linear regression

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-91

  Thomas, D Roland ^a   Zhu, PengCheng ^a   Decady, Yves J ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic variances; Bonferroni intervals; Normalized Pratt measures; Relative importance; Simultaneous confidence intervals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147223416     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998606298037     Document Type: Article

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