CHull: A generic convex-hull-based model selection method

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Wilderjans, Tom F ^a   Ceulemans, Eva ^a   Meers, Kristof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CHULL; Graphical user interface; Model selection; PCA; PLS; Regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84874371777     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0238-5     Document Type: Article

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