A Note on the calculation and interpretation of the delta-p statistic for categorical independent variables

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 608-622

  Cruce, Ty M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta p statistic; Higher education research; Logistic regression; Multivariate statistics; Predictor variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650581755     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9131-1     Document Type: Article

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