Nonparametric methods for modeling nonlinearity in regression analysis

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 67-85

  Andersen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generalized additive models; Lowess; Nonlinearity; Nonparametric regression; Smoothing splines

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149122557     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134631     Document Type: Article

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