Suppressor variables: The difference between 'is' versus 'acting as'

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ludlow, Larry ^a   Klein, Kelsey ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Course evaluations; Multicollinearity; Student ratings of instruction; Suppression effects; Suppressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905115110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2014.11889703     Document Type: Article

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