Using the coefficient of determination R2 to test the significance of multiple linear regression

Teaching Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-88

  Quinino, Roberto C ^a   Reis, Edna A ^a   Bessegato, Lupércio F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ICE UFJF   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Coefficient of determination; Linear regression; R2; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875760708     PISSN: 0141982X     EISSN: 14679639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2012.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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