Using quasi-variance to communicate sociological results from statistical models

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1191-1208

  Gayle, Vernon ^a   Lambert, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical variables; Quasi variance; Reference category; Regression models; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148929761     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507084830     Document Type: Article

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