Variability for categorical variables

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kader, Gary D ^a   Perry, Mike ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical variable; Unalikeability; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548415530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2007.11889465     Document Type: Article

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