Redefining student success: Applying different multinomial regression techniques for the study of student graduation across institutions of higher education

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-174

  Jones White, Daniel R ^a   Radcliffe, Peter M ^a   Huesman Jr , Ronald L ^a   Kellogg, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical dependent variable; Multinomial logit; Multinomial probit; National Student Clearinghouse; Student persistence; Student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049117927     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9149-4     Document Type: Article

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