Understanding global perceptions of stress in adulthood through tree-based exploratory data mining

Contemporary Issues in Exploratory Data Mining in the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 371-404

  Scott, Stacey B ^a   Whitehead, Brenda R ^b   Bergeman, Cindy S ^c   Pitzer, Lindsay ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84917481867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203403020     Document Type: Chapter

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