Relative Importance Analysis: A Useful Supplement to Regression Analysis

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Tonidandel, Scott ^a   LeBreton, James M ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance analysis; Multiple regression; Predictor importance; Relative importance; Relative weight analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650788337     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9204-3     Document Type: Article

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