Locating the extrema of fungible regression weights

Psychometrika

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-602

  Waller, Niels G ^a   Jones, Jeff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate weights; Fungible weights; Multiple regression; Parameter sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949263676     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-008-9087-7     Document Type: Article

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