Using dominance analysis to determine predictor importance in logistic regression

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-347

  Azen, Razia ^a   Traxel, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Research methodology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950527840     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998609332754     Document Type: Article

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