Exploratory regression analysis: A tool for selecting models and determining predictor importance

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-339

  Braun, Michael T ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance Weights; Importance Weights; Incremental R 2; Linear Regression; Microsoft Excel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79956269488     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-010-0046-8     Document Type: Review

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