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Lancaster, Brian P. – 1999
Suppressor effects are considered one of the most elusive dynamics in the interpretation of statistical data. A suppressor variable has been defined as a predictor that has a zero correlation with the dependent variable while still, paradoxically, contributing to the predictive validity of the test battery (P. Horst, 1941). This paper explores the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Definitions, Heuristics, Identification
Murthy, Kavita – 1994
Commonality analysis is a procedure for decomposing the coefficient of determination (R superscript 2) in multiple regression analyses into the percent of variance in the dependent variable associated with each independent variable uniquely, and the proportion of explained variance associated with the common effects of predictors in various…
Descriptors: Correlation, Heuristics, Higher Education, Prediction