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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Berry, William Dale. Understanding multivariate research. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000 (OCoLC)654654608 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Dale Berry; Mitchell S Sanders |
| ISBN: | 0813399718 9780813399713 |
| OCLC Number: | 42863148 |
| Description: | xiii, 87 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Concept of Causation 1 -- Experimental Research 2 -- Logic Underlying Regression Analysis 5 -- Some Necessary Math Background 7 -- 2 Bivariate Regression Model 15 -- Equation 15 -- Intercept 17 -- Slope Coefficient 18 -- Error or Disturbance Term 19 -- Some Necessary Assumptions 20 -- Estimating Coefficients with Data from a Sample 24 -- 3 Multivariate Regression Model 29 -- Value of Multivariate Analysis 29 -- Interpreting the Coefficients of a Multivariate Regression Model 31 -- Dichotomous and Categorical Independent Variables 33 -- Assumptions of Multivariate Regression 37 -- Choosing the Independent Variables for a Regression Model 38 -- 4 Evaluating Regression Results 41 -- Standardized Coefficients 41 -- Strong Relationships Among the Independent Variables: The Problem of Multicollinearity 43 -- Measuring the Fit of a Regression Model 44 -- Statistical Significance 45 -- Cross-Sectional vs. Time-Series Data 49 -- 5 Some Illustrations of Multiple Regression 51 -- Lobbying in Congress 51 -- Population Dynamics and Economic Development 57 -- 6 Advanced Topics 63 -- Interaction vs. Nonlinearity 63 -- Interactive Models 64 -- Nonlinear Models 68 -- Dichotomous Dependent Variables: Probit and Logit 72 -- Multi-equation Models: Simultaneous Equation Models and Recursive Causal Models 76. |
| Responsibility: | William D. Berry, Mitchell S. Sanders. |
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