Comparisons of tobit, linear, and poisson-gamma regression models: An application of time use Data

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 511-535

  Brown, Judith E ^a   Dunn, Peter K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

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EID: 84863089718     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124111415370     Document Type: Article

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