The estimation of empirical models is essential to public policy analysis and social science research. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis is the most frequently used empirical model, and ...

Farris, Parry and Ailawadi (1992; hereafter denoted FPA) demonstrate that bias can arise in a regression involving a composite dependent variable where a subset of components of the dependent variable ...

Beside the model, the other input into a regression analysis is some relevant sample data, consisting of the observed values of the dependent and explanatory variables for a sample of members of the ...

Research Methods in Psychology is a standard required course in pretty much any psychology major. In our department at SUNY New Paltz, this is a four-credit class with a large laboratory component.

A variable is an event, idea, value or some other object or category that a researcher or business can measure. Variables can be dependent or independent. Dependent variables vary by the factors that ...

Once you have chosen and configured an independent variable, you are ready to choose dependent variable(s). In this illustration, the net electrical output is chosen: When you click on a parameter or ...