Statistical analysis of a combination of objective and subjective environmental noise data using factor analysis and multinomial logistic regression

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 393-399

  Engel, Margret Sibylle ^a   de Vasconcelos Segundo, Emerson Hochsteiner ^a   Zannin, Paulo Henrique Trombetta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Factor analysis; Multinomial logistic regression; Noise perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION;

CURITIBA; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; NOISE PERCEPTION; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; URBAN SETTINGS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; CURITIBA; PARANA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84890992838     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0759-1     Document Type: Article

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