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Osborne, Jason W. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2013
Osborne and Waters (2002) focused on checking some of the assumptions of multiple linear regression. In a critique of that paper, Williams, Grajales, and Kurkiewicz correctly clarify that regression models estimated using ordinary least squares require the assumption of normally distributed errors, but not the assumption of normally distributed…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Least Squares Statistics, Computation, Statistical Analysis
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Menard, Scott – Social Forces, 2011
Standardized coefficients in logistic regression analysis have the same utility as standardized coefficients in linear regression analysis. Although there has been no consensus on the best way to construct standardized logistic regression coefficients, there is now sufficient evidence to suggest a single best approach to the construction of a…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Standards, Computation, Structural Equation Models
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Aaronson, Daniel; Mazumder, Bhashkar – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
We estimate trends in intergenerational economic mobility by matching men in the Census to synthetic parents in the prior generation. We find that mobility increased from 1950 to 1980 but has declined sharply since 1980. While our estimator places greater weight on location effects than the standard intergenerational coefficient, the size of the…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Occupational Mobility, Economic Research, Economic Status