Modern Regression Methods that can Substantially Increase Power and Provide a more Accurate Understanding of Associations

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Wilcox, Rand R ^a   Keselman, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black sheep effect; Curvature; Heteroscedasticity; Non normality; Outliers; Peer nomination; Reading ability; Robust methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859808838     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.860     Document Type: Article

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