Sample size matters: Investigating the effect of sample size on a logistic regression susceptibility model for debris flows

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-278

  Heckmann, T ^a   Gegg, K ^a   Gegg, A ^a   Becht, M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

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EID: 84894265588     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-259-2014     Document Type: Article

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