Using dominance analysis to estimate predictor importance in multiple regression

Applied Quantitative Analysis in Education and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 34-64

  Azen, Razia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 84917482306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203108550     Document Type: Chapter

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