Multiplicative invalidity and its application to complex correlational models

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-239

  Trafimow, David ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex correlation; Multiplicative invalidity; Nonrandom invalidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35948940434     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/MONO.132.3.215-240     Document Type: Article

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