Using heteroskedasticity-consistent standard error estimators in OLS regression: An introduction and software implementation

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-722

  Hayes, Andrew F ^a   Cai, Li ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 37349054157     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192961     Document Type: Article

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