Assessing the Importance of Independent Variables in Nonlinear Causal Laws.

Darlington, Richard B.; Rom, Jean F.

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Assessing the Importance of Independent Variables in Nonlinear Causal Laws

Darlington, Richard B.; Rom, Jean F.

American Educational Research Journal, 9, 3, 449-62, Sum 72

Paper proposes a set of techniques for measuring the importance" of each independent variable in a multivariate causal law (i.e., a law showing the combined effect of several independent variables on a single dependent variable). (Authors)

Descriptors: Mathematical Applications, Measurement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Path Analysis, Statistical Analysis

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