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Peer reviewedAlumbaugh, Richard V.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Three approaches to the prediction of juvenile recidivism--factor analysis, stepwise multiple regression, and stepwise discriminant analysis--are contrasted. Stepwise discriminant analysis provided the most consistent selection of variables in the data set used. Problems and advantages of the three approaches are discussed. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Discriminant Analysis
