Accounting for model uncertainty in the prediction of university graduation rates

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-41

  Goenner, Cullen F ^a   Snaith, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Graduation rates; Prediction; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843103666     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RIHE.0000010045.13366.a6     Document Type: Article

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