RWA Web: A Free, Comprehensive, Web-Based, and User-Friendly Tool for Relative Weight Analyses

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-216

  Tonidandel, Scott ^a   LeBreton, James M ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple regression; Predictor importance; Relative importance analysis; Relative weight analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895100721     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-014-9351-z     Document Type: Editorial

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