Cautionary note about r2

American Statistician

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 279-285

  Kv¥lseth, Tarald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of determination; Regression analysis; Resistant or robust methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952542694     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1985.10479448     Document Type: Article

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