Modeling the deviant Y in criminology: An examination of the assumptions of censored normal regression and potential alternatives

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-421

  Sullivan, Christopher J ^a   McGloin, Jean Marie ^b   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored dependent variables; Model assumptions; Semiparametric estimators; Sentencing; Tobit regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649083012     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-008-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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