Prediction of cannabis and cocaine use in adolescence using decision trees and logistic regression

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-35

  Gervilla, Elena ^a   Palmer, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Antisocial behaviour; Cannabis; Cocaine; Decision trees; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650447233     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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