Methodological and epistemological issues on linear regression applied to psychometric variables in problem solving: Rethinking variance

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-68

  Stamovlasis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive variables; Collinearity diagnosis; Degree of field dependence independence; Developmental level logical thinking; General linear model; Mental capacity; Mobility fixity dimension; Multiple regression analysis; Problem solving; Residual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955834436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c001048k     Document Type: Article

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